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settings.php - Information Disclosure

ID: settings-php-files

Severity: medium

Author: sheikhrishad

Tags: exposure,backup

Description

Section titled “Description”

settings.php source code was detected via backup files.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: settings-php-files


info:
  name: settings.php - Information Disclosure
  author: sheikhrishad
  severity: medium
  description: settings.php source code was detected via backup files.
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cwe-id: CWE-200
  metadata:
    max-request: 7
  tags: exposure,backup


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/settings.php.bak"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/settings.php.dist"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/settings.php.old"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/settings.php.save"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/settings.php.swp"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/settings.php.txt"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/config/settings.old.php"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "DB_NAME"
          - "DB"
        condition: and


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502205402b158190a0a1b716f55c5e218940e782ee8c7fce2379b5694c0d0af02a35b022100cf3283a7be533e3a1eca83bfb7910808159a9cebaf26892dccaa4b148e0c4984:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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 "http/exposures/backups/settings-php-files.yaml"

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