CVE-2023-46253
Squidex Unauthenticated RCE Through Backup Restore
Description
Squidex is an open source headless CMS and content management hub. Affected versions are subject to an arbitrary file write vulnerability in the backup restore feature which allows an authenticated attacker to gain remote code execution (RCE). Squidex allows users with the `squidex.admin.restore` permission to create and restore backups. Part of these backups are the assets uploaded to an App. For each asset, the backup zip archive contains a `.asset` file with the actual content of the asset as well as a related `AssetCreatedEventV2` event, which is stored in a JSON file. Amongst other things, the JSON file contains the event type (`AssetCreatedEventV2`), the ID of the asset (`46c05041-9588-4179-b5eb-ddfcd9463e1e`), its filename (`test.txt`), and its file version (`0`). When a backup with this event is restored, the `BackupAssets.ReadAssetAsync` method is responsible for re-creating the asset. For this purpose, it determines the name of the `.asset` file in the zip archive, reads its content, and stores the content in the filestore. When the asset is stored in the filestore via the UploadAsync method, the assetId and fileVersion are passed as arguments. These are further passed to the method GetFileName, which determines the filename where the asset should be stored. The assetId is inserted into the filename without any sanitization and an attacker with squidex.admin.restore privileges to run arbitrary operating system commands on the underlying server (RCE).
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 7, 2023, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 15, 2023, 3:47 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.0
Exploitability Score :
2.3
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| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/Squidex/squidex/security/advisories/GHSA-phqq-8g7v-3pg5 | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 15, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/Squidex/squidex/security/advisories/GHSA-phqq-8g7v-3pg5 No Types Assigned https://github.com/Squidex/squidex/security/advisories/GHSA-phqq-8g7v-3pg5 Exploit, Vendor Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:squidex.io:squidex:7.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Squidex is an open source headless CMS and content management hub. Affected versions are subject to an arbitrary file write vulnerability in the backup restore feature which allows an authenticated attacker to gain remote code execution (RCE). Squidex allows users with the `squidex.admin.restore` permission to create and restore backups. Part of these backups are the assets uploaded to an App. For each asset, the backup zip archive contains a `.asset` file with the actual content of the asset as well as a related `AssetCreatedEventV2` event, which is stored in a JSON file. Amongst other things, the JSON file contains the event type (`AssetCreatedEventV2`), the ID of the asset (`46c05041-9588-4179-b5eb-ddfcd9463e1e`), its filename (`test.txt`), and its file version (`0`). When a backup with this event is restored, the `BackupAssets.ReadAssetAsync` method is responsible for re-creating the asset. For this purpose, it determines the name of the `.asset` file in the zip archive, reads its content, and stores the content in the filestore. When the asset is stored in the filestore via the UploadAsync method, the assetId and fileVersion are passed as arguments. These are further passed to the method GetFileName, which determines the filename where the asset should be stored. The assetId is inserted into the filename without any sanitization and an attacker with squidex.admin.restore privileges to run arbitrary operating system commands on the underlying server (RCE). Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/Squidex/squidex/security/advisories/GHSA-phqq-8g7v-3pg5 [No types assigned] Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-22 Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Exploit Prediction
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0.11 }} 0.01%
score
0.44575
percentile