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Nexpose XXE Arbitrary File Read

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Nexpose XXE Arbitrary File Read

Created
05/30/2018

Description

Nexpose v5.7.2 and prior is vulnerable to a XML External Entity attack via a number of vectors. This vulnerability can allow an attacker to a craft special XML that could read arbitrary files from the filesystem. This module exploits the vulnerability via the XML API.

Author(s)

  • Brandon Perry <bperry.volatile@gmail.com>
  • Drazen Popovic <drazen.popvic@infigo.hr>
  • Bojan Zdrnja <bojan.zdrnja@infigo.hr>

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use auxiliary/admin/http/nexpose_xxe_file_read
msf auxiliary(nexpose_xxe_file_read) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(nexpose_xxe_file_read) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(nexpose_xxe_file_read) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(nexpose_xxe_file_read) > run

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