Sphinx Search Config - Exposure

ID: sphinxsearch-config

Severity: high

Author: gtrrnr

Tags: sphinx,sphinxsearch,exposure,config

Description

sphinx.conf file contains SQL credentials and is publicly accessible.

YAML Source

id: sphinxsearch-config

info:
  name: Sphinx Search Config - Exposure
  author: gtrrnr
  severity: high
  description: sphinx.conf file contains SQL credentials and is publicly accessible.
  impact: |
    An attacker can use leaked credentials to gain access to database.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/manticorp/SphinxSearch/blob/master/sphinx.conf.example
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 7
  tags: sphinx,sphinxsearch,exposure,config

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/config/development.sphinx.conf"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/config/production.sphinx.conf"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/configs/sphinx.conf"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/search/configs/sphinx.conf"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/sphinx.conf"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/sphinx/sphinx.conf"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/sphinxsearch/sphinx.conf"

    stop-at-first-match: true
    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "sql_user"
          - "sql_pass"
          - "indexer"
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502203b260408d24bb55b6f35094415dc241d315800739bda198149f7ab7ba403fb8c0221008252e945e2a23ab018a01c5f60901e3d9b34b8d63f9afb14a7a054ecfe06c6c4:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/sphinxsearch-config.yaml"

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