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Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Configuration File - Detect

ID: proxy-wpad-exposure

Severity: info

Author: DhiyaneshDk

Tags: config,exposure,proxy

Description

Section titled “Description”

Web Proxy Auto-Discovery configuration file was detected.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: proxy-wpad-exposure


info:
  name: Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Configuration File - Detect
  author: DhiyaneshDk
  severity: info
  description: Web Proxy Auto-Discovery configuration file was detected.
  reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Proxy_Auto-Discovery_Protocol
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 0
    cwe-id: CWE-200
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    shodan-query: html:"wpad.dat"
  tags: config,exposure,proxy


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wpad.dat"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "FindProxyForURL"
          - "url"
          - "host"
        condition: and


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a00463044022067c34e62f19c695cf025d50dc0fc86c1b73e165a6057a3c9ef1defbc97a4da38022038c42413b3f536cdd9a0a850e62c09160fe22011c22200be3ee438843f4ad332:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/configs/proxy-wpad-exposure.yaml"

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