FTP Deployment Config File - Exposure

ID: deployment-ini

Severity: medium

Author: Michal Mikolas (nanuqcz)

Tags: config,exposure,dg

Description

Config file for “FTP deployment” utility usually contains server’s FTP credentials in plain text.

YAML Source

id: deployment-ini

info:
  name: FTP Deployment Config File - Exposure
  author: Michal Mikolas (nanuqcz)
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Config file for "FTP deployment" utility usually contains server's FTP credentials in plain text.
  remediation: |
    Delete the config file from server & add it to `ignore` section of the deployment file. Or block access to the file using `.htaccess` on the server.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/dg/ftp-deployment
  metadata:
    max-request: 12
    vendor: dg
    product: "ftp-deployment"
  tags: config,exposure,dg

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}{{paths}}"
    payloads:
      paths:
        - "/deployment.ini"
        - "/deploy.ini"
        - "/production.ini"
        - "/prod.ini"
        - "/deployment.production.ini"
        - "/deployment.prod.ini"
        - "/deploy.production.ini"
        - "/deploy.prod.ini"
        - "/server.ini"
        - "/ftp.ini"
        - "/ftps.ini"
        - "/sftp.ini"

    stop-at-first-match: true

    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "^remote\\s*=\\s*"
          - '^\[(.*?)\]$'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a004730450220613baf3e382a6bae089ddcc2df862df9d74c8170e0d1ab1ef9f5e652ae830907022100a79c5775c009ca5e9e62b0d4690d1e77ccae1bf50c99d2771b230e097b1e4312:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/exposures/configs/deployment-ini.yaml"

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