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Cassandra Web File Read Vulnerability

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
Aug 29, 2022

Description

This module exploits an unauthenticated directory traversal vulnerability in Cassandra Web
'Cassandra Web' version 0.5.0 and earlier, allowing arbitrary file read with the web server privileges.
This vulnerability occurred due to the disabled Rack::Protection module

Authors

Jeremy Brown
krastanoel

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/scanner/http/cassandra_web_file_read
    msf auxiliary(cassandra_web_file_read) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(cassandra_web_file_read) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(cassandra_web_file_read) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(cassandra_web_file_read) > run
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