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Application Setting file disclosure

ID: appsettings-file-disclosure

Severity: high

Author: DhiyaneshDK,tess

Tags: exposure,files

Description

Section titled “Description”

appsetting.json file discloses the DB connection strings containing sensitive information.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: appsettings-file-disclosure


info:
  name: Application Setting file disclosure
  author: DhiyaneshDK,tess
  severity: high
  description: |
    appsetting.json file discloses the DB connection strings containing sensitive information.
  reference:
    - https://twitter.com/hacker_/status/1518003548855930882?s=20&t=BVauK0yUjVl5yL7rwy0Eag
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
  tags: exposure,files


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/appsettings.json"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/appsettings.Production.json"


    stop-at-first-match: true


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "ConnectionStrings"


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "application/json"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a004730450220055d2543eb65b886a83bdb728dd11fd6acb8c5b6d5c7ee26e47e09e080697c4c022100e7f0aafd7e75842b9e8de61f09bb2cadc4b761030898b8dde8005257859c01d9:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/files/appsettings-file-disclosure.yaml"

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