module

Kafka UI Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution via the Groovy Filter option.

Disclosed	Created
Sep 27, 2023	Feb 17, 2024

Disclosed

Sep 27, 2023

Created

Feb 17, 2024

Description

A command injection vulnerability exists in Kafka ui between `v0.4.0` and `v0.7.1` allowing
an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands via the `groovy` filter parameter
at the `topic` section.

Authors

h00die-gr3y [email protected]
BobTheShopLifter and Thingstad

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/linux/http/kafka_ui_unauth_rce_cve_2023_52251
    msf exploit(kafka_ui_unauth_rce_cve_2023_52251) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(kafka_ui_unauth_rce_cve_2023_52251) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(kafka_ui_unauth_rce_cve_2023_52251) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(kafka_ui_unauth_rce_cve_2023_52251) > exploit

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