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Tiki-Wiki Auth Bypass (CVE-2020-15906)

cve-2020 | Level: Easy  | Total Lab Runs: 0 | Premium Lab

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What is Tiki Wiki CMS?

Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware is a free and open-source wiki-based content management system and Online office suite containing a number of collaboration features allowing it to operate as a Geospatial Content Management System.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiki_Wiki_CMS_Groupware

In 2020, a high-risk vulnerability was found in Tiki-Wiki CMS. The Tiki-Wiki before 21.2 is vulnerable to authentication bypass vulnerability by setting a blank password of the admin user after the 50 invalid login attempts.

The CVE assigned to this vulnerability is CVE-2020-15906. The severity base score of this vulnerability is 9.8, which is considered critical. 

Read More:

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15906

In this lab environment, the user is going to get access to a Kali GUI instance. A Tiki-Wiki CMS is vulnerable to authentication bypass vulnerability, identified by CVE-2020-15906, and runs on the target server. It can be accessed using the tools installed on Kali at http://demo.ine.local

Your task is to fingerprint the Tiki CMS using the tools available on the Kali machine. Then, exploit it using the appropriate method.

The setup is based on: vulhub

Objective: Exploit the Tiki CMS using the burp and other tools to access the admin control panel.

Instructions: 

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  • Once you start the lab, you will have access to a root terminal of a Kali instance

  • The target application should be accessible at http://demo.ine.local

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