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A mass assignment vulnerability in the create method of app/controllers/users_controller.rb in Foreman before 1.2.0-RC2 allows remote authenticated users with permissions to create or edit other users to escalate privileges by setting the admin flag or assigning arbitrary roles. The vulnerability bypasses the :attr_protected mechanism by saving the user[admin] parameter to a local variable and assigning it to the new user object, enabling privilege escalation to admin.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit auxiliary module targeting a mass assignment vulnerability (CVE-2013-2113) in the 'users' controller of Foreman and Red Hat OpenStack/Satellite (Foreman 1.2.0-RC1 and earlier). The exploit requires valid credentials for a user with 'create_users' permission (such as a Manager role). The module logs in to the web application, retrieves a CSRF token, and then sends a crafted HTTP POST request to the '/users' endpoint to create a new administrator account with attacker-supplied credentials. The exploit is operational and provides the attacker with full administrative access to the target system. The code is written in Ruby and is designed to be run within the Metasploit framework. The main endpoints targeted are '/users/login' for authentication and '/users' for user creation. The repository is focused and contains only the exploit module.
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