OS Command Injection in LibreNMS - CVE-2018-20434
Published: April 24, 2019 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35953
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20434
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
LibreNMS 1.46 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by using the $_POST['community'] parameter to html/pages/addhost.inc.php during creation of a new device, and then making a /ajax_output.php?id=capture&format=text&type=snmpwalk&hostname=localhost request that triggers html/includes/output/capture.inc.php command mishandling.
Affected software
LibreNMS
How to mitigate CVE-2018-20434
Install update from vendor's website.
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153188/LibreNMS-addhost-Command-Injection.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153448/LibreNMS-1.46-addhost-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LcGmOY8x-TG-wnNr-cM_f854kxk0etva/view?usp=sharing
- https://gist.github.com/mhaskar/516df57aafd8c6e3a1d70765075d372d
- https://shells.systems/librenms-v1-46-remote-code-execution-cve-2018-20434/