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Generic - Path Traversal

ID: generic-path-traversal

Severity: info

Author: me_dheeraj (https://twitter.com/Dheerajmadhukar)

Tags: file,nodejs

Description

Section titled “Description”

Untrusted user input in readFile()/readFileSync() can endup in Directory Traversal Attacks.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: generic-path-traversal


info:
  name: Generic - Path Traversal
  author: me_dheeraj (https://twitter.com/Dheerajmadhukar)
  severity: info
  description: Untrusted user input in readFile()/readFileSync() can endup in Directory Traversal Attacks.
  tags: file,nodejs
file:
  - extensions:
      - all
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "[^\\.]*\\.createReadStream\\([^\\)]*\\, <[\\s\\S]*?\\> [^\\)]*\\)"
          - "[^\\.]*\\.readFile\\([^\\)]*\\, <[\\s\\S]*?\\> [^\\)]*\\)"
          - "[^\\.]*\\.readFileSync\\([^\\)]*\\, <[\\s\\S]*?\\> [^\\)]*\\)"
          - "[^\\.]*\\.readFileAsync\\([^\\)]*\\, <[\\s\\S]*?\\> [^\\)]*\\)"
        condition: or
# digest: 490a00463044022077a05bec4a7bab41f89e41a82dc9ec945191bc1bd30dddd8f214a5b2eb1e00b902200df3a1bd784aecc8d34e62e7cc01161524651c15b790ae0475a99881bc01c272:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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 "file/nodejs/generic-path-traversal.yaml"

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