Drupal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (SA-CORE-2019-003) (exploit)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122449

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Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a PHP CMS that is affected by a remote command execution vulnerability.

Description

The Drupal CMS installed on the remote host is affected by a remote command execution vulnerability. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary commands on the remote host.

Solution

Upgrade to Drupal version 8.5.11 / 8.6.10 or later.

See Also

https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2019-003

https://www.ambionics.io/blog/drupal8-rce

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/EQD4-K6HgBY9wdzeXeyzkg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122449

File Name: drupal_CVE-2019-6340_rce.nbin

Version: 1.36

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 2/27/2019

Updated: 9/27/2021

Dependencies: drupal_detect.nasl

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6340

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Temporal Vector: E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:drupal:drupal

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Drupal

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2019

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Drupal RESTful Web Services unserialize() RCE)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6340

BID: 107106