Kentico CMS <= 12.0.14 RCE Vulnerability

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if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113366");
  script_version("2024-07-17T05:05:38+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-07-17 05:05:38 +0000 (Wed, 17 Jul 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-04-03 10:44:31 +0000 (Wed, 03 Apr 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-07-16 17:54:02 +0000 (Tue, 16 Jul 2024)");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-10068");

  script_name("Kentico CMS <= 12.0.14 RCE Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_kentico_cms_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("kentico_cms/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Kentico CMS is prone to a remote code execution (RCE)
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Due to a failure to validate security headers, it's possible for
  a specially crafted request to the staging service to bypass initial authentication and proceed to
  deserialize user-controlled .NET object input. This deserialization then leads to unauthenticated
  remote code execution on the server where the Kentico instance is hosted.

  This vulnerability only exists if the Staging Service authentication is not set to X.509.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute
  arbitrary code on the target system.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Kentico CMS prior to version 12.0.15.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 12.0.15 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes#securityBugs-v12");

  exit(0);
}

CPE = "cpe:/a:kentico:kentico";

include( "host_details.inc" );
include( "version_func.inc" );

if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if( version_is_less( version: version, test_version: "12.0.15" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "12.0.15", install_path: location );
  security_message( port: port, data: report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );