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Cache Poisoning Detection

ID: cache-poisoning

Severity: low

Author: melbadry9,xelkomy,akincibor,dogasantos

Tags: cache,generic

Description

Section titled “Description”

This template detects Cache poisoning.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: cache-poisoning


info:
  name: Cache Poisoning Detection
  author: melbadry9,xelkomy,akincibor,dogasantos
  severity: low
  description: This template detects Cache poisoning.
  reference:
    - https://web.archive.org/web/20210422000653/https://blog.melbadry9.xyz/fuzzing/nuclei-cache-poisoning
    - https://portswigger.net/research/practical-web-cache-poisoning
    - https://portswigger.net/web-security/web-cache-poisoning
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
  tags: cache,generic
variables:
  cache_key: "{{to_lower(rand_base(6))}}"
  cache_header: "{{to_lower(rand_base(6))}}"


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /?{{cache_key}}=9 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        X-Forwarded-Prefix: {{cache_header}}.xfp
        X-Forwarded-Host: {{cache_header}}.xfh
        X-Forwarded-For: {{cache_header}}.xff
      - |
        GET /?{{cache_key}}=9 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(body_2, cache_header)'
# digest: 4a0a004730450220742af1cb163a2477862c0f45156d39744130f4a5694393fbb7a45a3431e4c7a4022100affb6ba5ae4d3e11634a664160278c61af09ea97c73538d5c24c0c678a0c7f38:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/vulnerabilities/generic/cache-poisoning.yaml"

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