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Ruby on Rails secrets.yml File Exposure

ID: ruby-secrets-file

Severity: high

Author: DhiyaneshDK

Tags: cloud,devops,files,exposure,misconfig

Description

Section titled “Description”

Ruby on Rails internal secret file is exposed.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: ruby-secrets-file


info:
  name: Ruby on Rails secrets.yml File Exposure
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: high
  description: Ruby on Rails internal secret file is exposed.
  reference: https://www.exploit-db.com/ghdb/6283
  classification:
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 4
    vendor: rubyonrails
    product: rails
    google-query: intitle:"index of" "secrets.yml"
  tags: cloud,devops,files,exposure,misconfig


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/secrets.yml"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/config/secrets.yml"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/test/config/secrets.yml"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/redmine/config/secrets.yml"


    stop-at-first-match: true


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - 'secret_key_base: ([a-z0-9]+)'


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "application/json"
          - "text/html"
        negative: true
        condition: and


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200


    extractors:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'secret_key_base: ([a-z0-9]+)'
# digest: 4a0a0047304502203090c27f197b4dafbb78ae06b6317103dcf492a7ecc1285225b5895173701e9c022100e9b523e6c01e124b4f291f7f65bc4fd067c5fdcefeadce6a6291b6da69f3fc93:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/secrets-file.yaml"

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