GLSA-200507-06 : TikiWiki: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC - Nessus
High Plugin ID: 18647This page contains detailed information about the GLSA-200507-06 : TikiWiki: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.
Plugin Overview
ID: 18647
Name: GLSA-200507-06 : TikiWiki: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC
Filename: gentoo_GLSA-200507-06.nasl
Vulnerability Published: N/A
This Plugin Published: 2005-07-08
Last Modification Time: 2021-01-06
Plugin Version: 1.22
Plugin Type: local
Plugin Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Dependencies:
ssh_get_info.nasl
Required KB Items [?]: Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/local_checks_enabled
Vulnerability Information
Severity: High
Vulnerability Published: N/A
Patch Published: 2005-07-06
CVE [?]: CVE-2005-1921
CPE [?]: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:tikiwiki
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200507-06 (TikiWiki: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC)
TikiWiki is vulnerable to arbitrary command execution as described in GLSA 200507-01. Impact :
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary PHP code by sending specially crafted XML data. Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All TikiWiki users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/tikiwiki-1.8.5-r1'
Public Exploits
Target Network Port(s): N/A
Target Asset(s): N/A
Exploit Available: True (Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB)
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the GLSA-200507-06 : TikiWiki: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC vulnerability:
- Metasploit: exploit/unix/webapp/php_xmlrpc_eval
[PHP XML-RPC Arbitrary Code Execution] - Exploit-DB: exploits/php/webapps/16882.rb
[EDB-16882: XML-RPC Library 1.3.0 - 'xmlrpc.php' Arbitrary Code Execution (Metasploit)] - Exploit-DB: exploits/php/webapps/43829.txt
[EDB-43829: PHPXMLRPC < 1.1 - Remote Code Execution]
Before running any exploit against any system, make sure you are authorized by the owner of the target system(s) to perform such activity. In any other case, this would be considered as an illegal activity.
WARNING: Beware of using unverified exploits from sources such as GitHub or Exploit-DB. These exploits and PoCs could contain malware. For more information, see how to use exploits safely.
Risk Information
CVSS V2 Vector [?]: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS Base Score: | 7.5 (High) |
Impact Subscore: | 6.4 |
Exploitability Subscore: | 10.0 |
CVSS Temporal Score: | 6.2 (Medium) |
CVSS Environmental Score: | NA (None) |
Modified Impact Subscore: | NA |
Overall CVSS Score: | 6.2 (Medium) |
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Plugin Source
This is the gentoo_GLSA-200507-06.nasl nessus plugin source code. This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-06.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(18647);
script_version("1.22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1921");
script_bugtraq_id(14088);
script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200507-06");
script_name(english:"GLSA-200507-06 : TikiWiki: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200507-06
(TikiWiki: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC)
TikiWiki is vulnerable to arbitrary command execution as described
in GLSA 200507-01.
Impact :
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute
arbitrary PHP code by sending specially crafted XML data.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time."
);
# http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-01.xml
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200507-01"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200507-06"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"All TikiWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/tikiwiki-1.8.5-r1'"
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'PHP XML-RPC Arbitrary Code Execution');
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:tikiwiki");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/07/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/07/08");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (qpkg_check(package:"www-apps/tikiwiki", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.8.5-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.8.5-r1"))) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = qpkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "TikiWiki");
}
The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:
- Linux / Unix:
/opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/gentoo_GLSA-200507-06.nasl
- Windows:
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\gentoo_GLSA-200507-06.nasl
- Mac OS X:
/Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/gentoo_GLSA-200507-06.nasl
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How to Run
Here is how to run the GLSA-200507-06 : TikiWiki: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):
- Click to start a New Scan.
- Select Advanced Scan.
- Navigate to the Plugins tab.
- On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
- On the left side table select Gentoo Local Security Checks plugin family.
- On the right side table select GLSA-200507-06 : TikiWiki: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC plugin ID 18647.
- Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
- Run the scan.
Here are a few examples of how to run the plugin in the command line. Note that the examples below demonstrate the usage on the Linux / Unix platform.
Basic usage:
/opt/nessus/bin/nasl gentoo_GLSA-200507-06.nasl -t <IP/HOST>
Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:
/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a gentoo_GLSA-200507-06.nasl -t <IP/HOST>
Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):
/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - gentoo_GLSA-200507-06.nasl -t <IP/HOST>
Run the plugin with using a state file for the target and updating it (useful for running multiple plugins on the target):
/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -K /tmp/state gentoo_GLSA-200507-06.nasl -t <IP/HOST>
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References
BID | SecurityFocus Bugtraq ID: GLSA | Gentoo Linux Security Advisory: See also:
- https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18647
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200507-01
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200507-06
- https://vulners.com/nessus/GENTOO_GLSA-200507-06.NASL
- 21841 - CentOS 3 / 4 : php (CESA-2005:564)
- 18655 - Debian DSA-745-1 : drupal - input validation errors
- 19195 - Debian DSA-746-1 : phpgroupware - input validation error
- 18662 - Debian DSA-747-1 : egroupware - input validation error
- 19532 - Debian DSA-789-1 : php4 - several vulnerabilities
- 18640 - Drupal XML-RPC for PHP Remote Code Injection
- 18624 - Fedora Core 3 : php-4.3.11-2.6 (2005-517)
- 18625 - Fedora Core 4 : php-5.0.4-10.3 (2005-518)
- 21379 - FreeBSD : postnuke -- multiple vulnerabilities (0274a9f1-0759-11da-bc08-0001020eed82)
- 18933 - FreeBSD : pear-XML_RPC -- arbitrary remote code execution (523fad14-eb9d-11d9-a8bd-000cf18bbe54)
- 19359 - FreeBSD : drupal -- PHP code execution vulnerabilities (f241641e-f5ea-11d9-a6db-000d608ed240)
- 18605 - GLSA-200507-01 : PEAR XML-RPC, phpxmlrpc: PHP script injection vulnerability
- 18606 - GLSA-200507-02 : WordPress: Multiple vulnerabilities
- 18656 - GLSA-200507-07 : phpWebSite: Multiple vulnerabilities
- 18666 - GLSA-200507-08 : phpGroupWare, eGroupWare: PHP script injection vulnerability
- 19211 - GLSA-200507-15 : PHP: Script injection through XML-RPC
- 18597 - Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : php-pear (MDKSA-2005:109)
- 20180 - phpAdsNew XML-RPC Library Remote Code Injection
- 18648 - RHEL 3 / 4 : php (RHSA-2005:564)
- 18600 - Serendipity XML-RPC for PHP Remote Code Injection
- 18805 - Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : PHP (SSA:2005-192-01)
- 20541 - Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : php4, php4-universe vulnerability (USN-147-1)
- 20542 - Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : php4, php4-universe fixed packages (USN-147-2)
- 15826 - GLSA-200411-32 : phpBB: Remote command execution
- 15827 - GLSA-200411-33 : TWiki: Arbitrary command execution
- 18607 - GLSA-200507-03 : phpBB: Arbitrary command execution
- 22460 - GLSA-200609-16 : Tikiwiki: Arbitrary command execution
- 27553 - GLSA-200710-21 : TikiWiki: Arbitrary command execution
- 86137 - GLSA-201509-06 : Git: Arbitrary command execution
- 100446 - GLSA-201705-14 : Smb4K: Arbitrary command execution as root
- 125751 - GLSA-201906-01 : Exim: Remote command execution
- 134604 - GLSA-202003-27 : libssh: Arbitrary command execution
Version
This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file gentoo_GLSA-200507-06.nasl version 1.22. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.
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