module

Nexpose XXE Arbitrary File Read

Disclosed	Created
N/A	May 30, 2018

Disclosed

N/A

Created

May 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.

Authors

Brandon Perry [email protected]
Drazen Popovic [email protected]
Bojan Zdrnja [email protected]

References

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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