module

Apache .htaccess Persistence

Disclosed	Created
Dec 1, 1995	Jul 3, 2026

Disclosed

Dec 1, 1995

Created

Jul 3, 2026

Description

This module writes a persistence payload into an Apache
.htaccess file using mod_cgi. The .htaccess file itself
acts as a CGI shell, executing commands passed via the
query string. Inspired by the htshells project by wireghoul.

Authors

wireghoul
msutovsky-r7
4ravind-b

Platform

Linux,PHP

Architectures

php, cmd

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

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