vtiger CRM <= 5.4.0 (customerportal.php) Two Local File Inclusion Vulnerabilities

• Software Link:

http://www.vtiger.com/

• Affected Versions:

[1] All versions from 5.1.0 to 5.4.0.
[2] All versions from 5.2.0 to 5.4.0.

• Vulnerabilities Description:

1) The vulnerable code is located in the get_list_values SOAP method defined in /soap/customerportal.php:

function get_list_values($id,$module,$sessionid,$only_mine='true')
{
	require_once('modules/'.$module.'/'.$module.'.php');
	require_once('include/utils/UserInfoUtil.php');
	global $adb,$log,$current_user;
	$log->debug("Entering customer portal function get_list_values");

2) The vulnerable code is located in the get_project_components SOAP method defined in /soap/customerportal.php:

function get_project_components($id,$module,$customerid,$sessionid) {
	require_once("modules/$module/$module.php");
	require_once('include/utils/UserInfoUtil.php');

	global $adb,$log;
	$log->debug("Entering customer portal function get_project_components ..");

The vulnerabilities exist because these methods fail to properly validate input passed through the “module”
parameter, that is being used in a call to the require_once() function (lines 1530 and 2779). This might be
exploited to include arbitrary local files containing malicious PHP code. Successful exploitation of these
vulnerabilities requires the application running on PHP < 5.3.4, because a null byte injection is required.

• Solution:

Apply the vendor patch: http://www.vtiger.com/blogs/?p=1467

• Disclosure Timeline:

[13/01/2013] – Vendor notified
[06/02/2013] – Vendor asked feedback about this changeset
[05/03/2013] – Feedback provided to the vendor
[26/03/2013] – Vendor patch released
[18/04/2013] – CVE number requested
[20/04/2013] – CVE number assigned
[01/08/2013] – Public disclosure

• CVE Reference:

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2013-3212 to these vulnerabilities.

• Credits:

Vulnerabilities discovered by Egidio Romano.