module

Ruby on Rails XML Processor YAML Deserialization Scanner

Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module attempts to identify Ruby on Rails instances vulnerable to
an arbitrary object instantiation flaw in the XML request processor.

Authors

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

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