QCubed PHP Object Injection
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| Identifier: | AIT-SA-20210215-01 |
| Target: | QCubed Framework |
| Vendor: | QCubed |
| Version: | all versions including 3.1.1 |
| CVE: | CVE-2020-24914 |
| Accessibility: | Remote |
| Severity: | Critical |
| Author: | Wolfgang Hotwagner (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology) |

SUMMARY
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QCubed is a PHP Model-View-Controller Rappid Application Development framework. (https://github.com/qcubed/qcubed)

VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION
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A PHP object injection bug in profile.php in qcubed (all versions including 3.1.1) unserializes the untrusted data of the POST-variable "strProfileData" and allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute code via a crafted POST request.

qcubed/assets/php/profile.php:
<?php 
    require_once('./qcubed.inc.php');

    //Exit gracefully if called directly or profiling data is missing.
    if ( !isset($_POST['intDatabaseIndex']) && !isset($_POST['strProfileData']) && !isset($_POST['strReferrer']) )
        exit('Nothing to profile. No Database Profiling data recived.');

    if ( !isset($_POST['intDatabaseIndex']) || !isset($_POST['strProfileData']) || !isset($_POST['strReferrer']) )
        throw new Exception('Database Profiling data appears to have been corrupted.');

    $intDatabaseIndex = intval($_POST['intDatabaseIndex']);
    $strReferrer = QApplication::HtmlEntities($_POST['strReferrer']);

    $objProfileArray = unserialize(base64_decode($_POST['strProfileData']));  //<-VULNERABLE CODE
    $objProfileArray = QType::Cast($objProfileArray, QType::ArrayType);


VULNERABLE VERSIONS
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All versions including 3.1.1 are affected.


TESTED VERSIONS
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QCubed 3.1.1

IMPACT
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An unauthenticated attacker could  execute code remotely.

MITIGATION
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A patch was delivered by QCubed that allows to disable the profile-functionality.

VENDOR CONTACT TIMELINE
=======================   

| 2020-04-19 | Contacting the vendor |
| 2020-04-19 | Vendor replied |
| 2020-05-01 | Vendor released a patch at Github |
| 2021-02-15 | Public disclosure |

ADVISORY URL
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[https://www.ait.ac.at/ait-sa-20210215-01-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-qcubed](https://www.ait.ac.at/ait-sa-20210215-01-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-qcubed)