Concrete5 <= 5.7.3.1 (Application::dispatch) Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
• Software Link:
• Affected Versions:
Version 5.7.3.1 and probably other versions.
• Vulnerability Description:
The vulnerable code is located within the Application::dispatch() method:
326public function dispatch(Request $request)
327{
328 if ($this->installed) {
329 $response = $this->getEarlyDispatchResponse();
330 }
331 if (!isset($response)) {
332 $collection = Route::getList();
333 $context = new \Symfony\Component\Routing\RequestContext();
334 $context->fromRequest($request);
335 $matcher = new UrlMatcher($collection, $context);
336 $path = rtrim($request->getPathInfo(), '/') . '/';
337 try {
338 $request->attributes->add($matcher->match($path));
339 $matched = $matcher->match($path);
340 $route = $collection->get($matched['_route']);
341 Route::setRequest($request);
342 $response = Route::execute($route, $matched);The vulnerability exists because the path for the incoming request is retrieved using the Request::getPathInfo() method from the Symfony framework, which allows to specify the path for the request within some HTTP headers (like “X-Original-URL” and some others). So, it might be possible to specify paths containing “dot-dot-slash” sequences without worrying about URL encoding and path normalization done by the web server. This could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to include arbitrary .php files located outside the Concrete5 root directory or from the Concrete5 codebase itself (potentially leading to unauthorized access to certain functionalities) by sending an HTTP request like this:
GET /concrete5/index.php HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost
X-Original-Url: /tools/../../index
Connection: keep-alive
The dispatching process for this request will try to re-include the index.php file, and this will end up with an unexpected error.
• Solution:
Update to a fixed version.
• Disclosure Timeline:
[05/05/2015] – Vulnerability details sent through HackerOne
[02/10/2015] – CVE number requested
[19/12/2015] – Vulnerability fixed on the GitHub repository
[26/06/2016] – Vulnerability publicly disclosed on HackerOne
[28/06/2016] – Publication of this advisory
• CVE Reference:
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has not assigned a CVE identifier for this vulnerability.
• Credits:
Vulnerability discovered by Egidio Romano.