GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist

GHSA-mrqg-mwh7-q94j Host header injection in the password reset

HIGH Published 2024-01-24 Modified 2024-01-24 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2024-23648
Ecosystem
Packagist
Packages
pimcore/admin-ui-classic-bundle
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-74
Reviewed
2024-01-24

Affected packages

• Packagist pimcore/admin-ui-classic-bundle: < 1.2.3 → fixed in 1.2.3

Description

Summary The password reset functionality sends to the the user requesting a password change an email containing an URL to reset its password. The URL sent contains a unique token, valid during 24 hours, allowing the user to reset its password. This token is highly sensitive ; as an attacker able to retrieve it would be able to resets the user's password. It was identified during the audit that the reset-password URL is crafted using the "Host" HTTP header of the request sent to request a password reset. This way, an external attacker could send password requests for users, but specify a "Host" header of a website that they control. If the user receiving the mail clicks on the link, the attacker would retrieve the reset token of the victim and perform account takeover. Details This attack required the server to serve Pimcore on arbitrary "Host". This configuration would be plausible if the attacker is already behind the reverse proxy. During the assessment of my client, their instance was accepting any Host header, and they did not received security recommendations that they should restrict this while installing Pimcore. From what I understood of Pimcore, the vulnerability is in the "admin-ui-classic-bundle", in the file src/Controller/Admin/UserController.php. The following screenshots provide evidences of the vulnerability. The environment of the test is : dockerized Pimcore v11.1.1 on default configuration (https://pimcore.com/docs/platform/Pimcore/Getting_Started/Installation/Docker_Based_Installation/). PoC Remediation Create a variable that sets the server host. Don't enable password reset functionality while this variable is not set ; or make sure that the administrator knows what they are doing. I believe that just documenting that the server should not serve on any Host would not be enough to enforce a remediation to this vulnerability. The Snipe-IT project managed this same issue by creating a "APP_ALLOW_INSECURE_HOSTS" variable, and retrieving the app absolute URL from a config file : https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it/commit/0c4768fd2a11ac26a61814cef23a71061bfd8bcc Impact Could lead to a 1-click account takeover

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2024-23648 Pimcore's Admin Classic Bundle provides a backend user interface for Pimcore. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness

References