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Spring Cloud Gateway Remote Code Execution

Disclosed
01/26/2022
Created
10/12/2022

Description

This module exploits an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Spring Cloud Gateway versions = 3.1.0 and 3.0.0 to 3.0.6. The vulnerability can be exploited when the Gateway Actuator endpoint is enabled, exposed and unsecured. An unauthenticated attacker can use SpEL expressions to execute code and take control of the victim machine.

Author(s)

  • Ayan Saha

Platform

Linux

Architectures

x64, cmd

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 exploit/linux/http/spring_cloud_gateway_rce
msf exploit(spring_cloud_gateway_rce) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(spring_cloud_gateway_rce) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(spring_cloud_gateway_rce) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(spring_cloud_gateway_rce) > exploit

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