DOS on the admin panel
Severity Rating: Medium
Vector: Denial Of Service
CVE: XXX
CWE: 400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS Score: 4.9
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Analysis
A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability has been identified in the application related to the handling of scheduled_at parameters. Specifically, the application fails to properly sanitize input for cron expressions. By manipulating the scheduled_at parameter with a malicious input, such as a single quote, the application admin panel becomes non-functional, causing significant disruptions to administrative operations.
The only way to recover from this issue is to manually access the host server and modify the backup.yaml file to correct the corrupted cron expression
Proof of Concept
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Change the value of scheduled_at parameter to ' as shown in the following figures at the http://127.0.0.1/admin/tools endpoint, and observe the response in the second figure:
Figure: Http request on tool endpoint
Figure: Http response on tool endpoint
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When trying to access the admin panel, the panel is broken as shown in the following figure. Additionally, the value change is reflected in the backup.yaml file, as shown in the second figure:
Figure: Error message view
Figure: Backup.yaml file
Workarounds
No workaround is currently known
Timeline
2024-07-24 Issue identified
2024-09-27 Vendor contacted
About X41 D-Sec GmbH
X41 is an expert provider for application security services.
Having extensive industry experience and expertise in the area of information
security, a strong core security team of world class security experts enables
X41 to perform premium security services.
Fields of expertise in the area of application security are security centered
code reviews, binary reverse engineering and vulnerability discovery.
Custom research and IT security consulting and support services are core
competencies of X41.
References
alix41dsec Reporter
DOS on the admin panel
Severity Rating: Medium
Vector: Denial Of Service
CVE: XXX
CWE: 400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS Score: 4.9
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Analysis
A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability has been identified in the application related to the handling of
scheduled_atparameters. Specifically, the application fails to properly sanitize input for cron expressions. By manipulating thescheduled_atparameter with a malicious input, such as a single quote, the application admin panel becomes non-functional, causing significant disruptions to administrative operations.The only way to recover from this issue is to manually access the host server and modify the
backup.yamlfile to correct the corrupted cron expressionProof of Concept
Change the value of
scheduled_atparameter to'as shown in the following figures at thehttp://127.0.0.1/admin/toolsendpoint, and observe the response in the second figure:Figure: Http request on tool endpoint
Figure: Http response on tool endpoint
When trying to access the admin panel, the panel is broken as shown in the following figure. Additionally, the value change is reflected in the
backup.yamlfile, as shown in the second figure:Figure: Error message view
Figure: Backup.yaml file
Workarounds
No workaround is currently known
Timeline
2024-07-24 Issue identified
2024-09-27 Vendor contacted
About X41 D-Sec GmbH
X41 is an expert provider for application security services.
Having extensive industry experience and expertise in the area of information
security, a strong core security team of world class security experts enables
X41 to perform premium security services.
Fields of expertise in the area of application security are security centered
code reviews, binary reverse engineering and vulnerability discovery.
Custom research and IT security consulting and support services are core
competencies of X41.
References