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Host Header Injection

ID: host-header-injection

Severity: info

Author: princechaddha

Tags: hostheader-injection,generic

Description

Section titled “Description”

HTTP header injection is a general class of web application security vulnerability which occurs when Hypertext Transfer Protocol headers are dynamically generated based on user input.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: host-header-injection


info:
  name: Host Header Injection
  author: princechaddha
  severity: info
  description: HTTP header injection is a general class of web application security vulnerability which occurs when Hypertext Transfer Protocol headers are dynamically generated based on user input.
  reference:
    - https://portswigger.net/web-security/host-header
    - https://portswigger.net/web-security/host-header/exploiting
    - https://www.acunetix.com/blog/articles/automated-detection-of-host-header-attacks/
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
  tags: hostheader-injection,generic


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


    headers:
      Host: "{{randstr}}.tld"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - '{{randstr}}.tld'
        part: body
        condition: and


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100de7ae93d70b1412d8a5a45afab68b57c023ea75f7c202d38f888d857e179640702200ccb5a4307c3300b6e657eb8f62bd00174efcc9f90f2fcff5f7f98daa7cddcd8:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/host-header-injection.yaml"

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