Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-2271 - Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Site Documentation Project Site Documentation

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
site-documentation-project
CWE-269
nessus
NVD
Published: 2008-05-16
Updated: 2021-04-19

Summary

The Site Documentation Drupal module 5.x before 5.x-1.8 and 6.x before 6.x-1.1 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges of other users by leveraging the "access content" permission to list tables and obtain session IDs from the database.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Site_Documentation_Project
10

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Restful Privilege Elevation
    Rest uses standard HTTP (Get, Put, Delete) style permissions methods, but these are not necessarily correlated generally with back end programs. Strict interpretation of HTTP get methods means that these HTTP Get services should not be used to delete information on the server, but there is no access control mechanism to back up this logic. This means that unless the services are properly ACL'd and the application's service implementation are following these guidelines then an HTTP request can easily execute a delete or update on the server side. The attacker identifies a HTTP Get URL such as http://victimsite/updateOrder, which calls out to a program to update orders on a database or other resource. The URL is not idempotent so the request can be submitted multiple times by the attacker, additionally, the attacker may be able to exploit the URL published as a Get method that actually performs updates (instead of merely retrieving data). This may result in malicious or inadvertent altering of data on the server.

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idDRUPAL_SITEDOC_TABLES_DISCLOSURE.NASL
descriptionThe version of the Site Documentation third-party module for Drupal installed on the remote host allows any user with
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id32325
published2008-05-16
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/32325
titleSite Documentation Module for Drupal Database Tables Access Content Permission Information Disclosure
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(32325);
  script_version("1.21");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/28 22:47:41");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2271");
  script_bugtraq_id(29242);
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"30257");

  script_name(english:"Site Documentation Module for Drupal Database Tables Access Content Permission Information Disclosure");
  script_summary(english:"Retrieves info from the users table.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by
an information disclosure vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of the Site Documentation third-party module for Drupal
installed on the remote host allows any user with 'access content'
permission to retrieve the contents of arbitrary tables in the
application's database. An attacker can exploit this issue to retrieve
sensitive information, such as usernames, password hashes, email
addresses, and active SESSION IDs." );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.drupal.org/node/258547");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Site Documentation 5.x-1.8 / 6.x-1.1 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(264);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2008/05/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/05/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/05/16");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:drupal:drupal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:drupal:site_documentation_module");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("drupal_detect.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Drupal", "www/PHP");
  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
include("install_func.inc");

app = "Drupal";
get_install_count(app_name:app, exit_if_zero:TRUE);

port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE);

install = get_single_install(
  app_name : app,
  port     : port
);

dir = install['path'];
install_url = build_url(qs:dir, port:port);

# Grab info from a table.
#
# nb: "sessions" may also be of interest.
table = "users";

url = '/?q=sitedoc/table/'+table;
r = http_send_recv3(method: "GET", item:dir+url, port:port, exit_on_fail:TRUE);

# There's a problem if we see the table's contents.
if (
  (
    "Table Contents | " >< r[2] ||
    " Table Contents</h2>" >< r[2]
  ) &&
  'sort=desc&amp;order=' >< r[2] && 'tbody>' >< r[2]
)
{
  output = strstr(r[2], '<tbody>');
  security_report_v4(
    port        : port,
    severity    : SECURITY_HOLE,
    generic     : TRUE,
    request     : make_list(install_url + url),
    output      : chomp(output)
  );
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_AFFECTED, app, install_url);

References