Less History - File Disclosure

ID: lesshst-history

Severity: low

Author: kazet

Tags: misconfig,disclosure,config,files

Description

LESSHST file is a Less History File. LESSHST file is a Less History File. Less is a terminal pager program on Unix, Windows, and Unix-like systems used to view (but not change) the contents of a text file one screen at a time.

YAML Source

id: lesshst-history

info:
  name: Less History - File Disclosure
  author: kazet
  severity: low
  description: |
    LESSHST file is a Less History File. LESSHST file is a Less History File. Less is a terminal pager program on Unix, Windows, and Unix-like systems used to view (but not change) the contents of a text file one screen at a time.
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    shodan-query: html:"lesshst"
  tags: misconfig,disclosure,config,files

http:
  - method: GET
    max-redirects: 1
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/.lesshst"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - ".less-history-file:"

      - type: word
        part: response
        words:
          - "<?xml"
          - "<env"
          - "application/javascript"
          - "application/json"
          - "application/xml"
          - "html>"
          - "text/html"
          - "image/"
        negative: true

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a004630440220689b3a7443312042f172e6f1d0c11707c465c600ad4a0badd4016ac87e75cfe1022021ede28223dcbe98c8d6a9aee809f583fc0e61c1fad2f7d6420aed8c61964a94:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/less-history.yaml"

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