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Akamai Cache Detection

ID: akamai-cache-detect

Severity: info

Author: nybble04

Tags: cache,akamai,tech

Description

Section titled “Description”

Sends a HEAD request with a Pragma header value of “akamai-x-cache-on” and looks for an akamai-specific response header value.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: akamai-cache-detect


info:
  name: Akamai Cache Detection
  author: nybble04
  severity: info
  description: |
    Sends a HEAD request with a Pragma header value of "akamai-x-cache-on" and looks for an akamai-specific response header value.
  reference:
    - https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/article/Using-Akamai-Pragma-headers-to-investigate-or-troubleshoot-Akamai-content-delivery?language=en_US
    - https://spyclub.tech/2022/12/14/unusual-cache-poisoning-akamai-s3/
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
  tags: cache,akamai,tech


http:
  - method: HEAD
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}"


    headers:
      Pragma: akamai-x-cache-on
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: header
        regex:
          - '(?:TCP_HIT|TCP_MISS).*deploy\.akamaitechnologies\.com'
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100ee42b04c52a5b9e8f89ab36df85d3b62f23181b3032025563a1fc9c468cf5c60022100ef7af7e4931d8ad2e0786f7a127f22cf88f72f8bb39227496c7097320537e6b0:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/technologies/akamai-cache-detect.yaml"

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