ELMAH Exposure Detection
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""ELMAH (Error Logging Modules and Handlers) is an application-wide error logging facility that is completely pl."""
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
class Module(Scanner, Http_client):
__info__ = {
'name': 'ELMAH Exposure Detection',
'description': 'ELMAH (Error Logging Modules and Handlers) is an application-wide error logging facility that is completely pluggable. It can be dynamically added to a running ASP.NET web application, or even all ASP.NET web applications on a machine, without any need for re-compilation or re-deployment. In some cases, the logs expose ASPXAUTH cookies allowing to hijack a logged in administrator session.',
'author': ['KittySploit Team'],
'severity': 'high',
'tags': ['web', 'scanner', 'exposure', 'logs', 'elmah', 'vuln'],
'agent': {
'risk': 'active',
'effects': ['network_probe'],
'expected_requests': 2,
'reversible': True,
'approval_required': False,
'produces': ['tech_hints', 'risk_signals', 'endpoints'],
'cost': 1.0,
'noise': 0.3,
'value': 1.0,
'requires': {
'min_endpoints': 0,
'min_params': 0,
'tech_hints_any': [],
'tech_hints_all': [],
'specializations_any': [],
'risk_signals_any': [],
'auth_session': False,
'capabilities_any': [],
'capabilities_all': [],
'confidence_min': {},
'confidence_min_any': {},
'endpoint_pattern_any': [],
'param_any': [],
'api_surface_ready': False,
},
'chain': {
'produces_capabilities': [
{
'capability': 'admin_surface',
'from_detail': '',
},
],
'consumes_capabilities': [],
'option_bindings': {},
'suggested_followups': ['auxiliary/scanner/http/login_page_detector'],
},
},
'references': [
'https://code.google.com/archive/p/elmah/',
'https://www.troyhunt.com/aspnet-session-hijacking-with-google/',
],
}
def run(self):
for path in ('/elmah', '/elmah.axd'):
r = self.http_request(method="GET", path=path, allow_redirects=True)
if not r or r.status_code != 200:
continue
body = r.text or ""
body_any = ('Error Log for',)
if (any(m in body for m in body_any)):
self.set_info(
severity='high',
reason="ELMAH Exposure detected",
path=path,
)
return True
return False
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