Firebase / Google Browser API Key Analysis
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Extract Google/Firebase browser API keys (AIza...) and validate them."""
import re
from urllib.parse import quote
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
_AIZA_RE = re.compile(r"\bAIza[0-9A-Za-z\-_]{35}\b")
_PROJECT_RE = re.compile(
r"""(?:projectId|project_id|authDomain)\s*[:=]\s*["']([a-z0-9\-]+)(?:\.firebaseapp\.com)?["']""",
re.I,
)
class Module(Scanner, Http_client):
__info__ = {
"name": "Firebase / Google Browser API Key Analysis",
"description": (
"Scrape exposed Google browser API keys (AIza...) from JS/HTML, then probe "
"Identity Toolkit getProjectConfig to see if the key is live and which project "
"it belongs to. Useful against SPAs that leak Firebase web configs."
),
"author": ["KittySploit Team"],
"severity": "medium",
"tags": [
"web", "scanner", "firebase", "google", "api-key", "exposure", "cloud",
],
"references": [
"https://firebase.google.com/docs/projects/api-keys",
"https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/api-keys",
],
"agent": {
"risk": "active",
"effects": ["network_probe"],
"expected_requests": 4,
"reversible": True,
"approval_required": False,
"produces": ["tech_hints", "risk_signals", "endpoints"],
"cost": 1.0,
"noise": 0.3,
"value": 1.0,
},
}
validate_keys = OptBool(True, "Validate discovered keys against Google APIs", False)
max_keys = OptInteger(3, "Max keys to validate", False, advanced=True)
def _collect_bodies(self):
bodies = []
for path in ("/", "/config.js", "/firebase-config.js", "/env.js", "/static/js/main.js"):
r = self.http_request(method="GET", path=path, allow_redirects=True)
if r and r.status_code == 200 and r.text:
bodies.append((path, r.text))
return bodies
def _validate_key(self, api_key: str):
"""Return (valid, detail) using Identity Toolkit project config endpoint."""
url = (
"https://www.googleapis.com/identitytoolkit/v3/relyingparty/getProjectConfig"
f"?key={quote(api_key)}"
)
try:
self._configure_session()
r = self.session.get(url, timeout=8, verify=self._to_bool(self.verify_ssl))
except Exception as exc:
return False, f"probe_error:{exc}"
text = (r.text or "")[:800]
if r.status_code == 200 and ("projectId" in text or "authorizedDomains" in text):
project = ""
m = re.search(r'"projectId"\s*:\s*"([^"]+)"', text)
if m:
project = m.group(1)
return True, f"live key; projectId={project or 'unknown'}"
if r.status_code in (400, 403) and (
"API_KEY_INVALID" in text
or "API key not valid" in text
or "API_KEY_SERVICE_BLOCKED" in text
):
return False, "key rejected by Google"
if r.status_code == 200:
return True, "accepted (200)"
return False, f"http_{r.status_code}"
def run(self):
bodies = self._collect_bodies()
if not bodies:
return False
keys = []
projects = []
seen = set()
for _path, body in bodies:
for key in _AIZA_RE.findall(body):
if key not in seen:
seen.add(key)
keys.append(key)
for m in _PROJECT_RE.finditer(body):
proj = m.group(1)
if proj not in projects:
projects.append(proj)
if not keys:
return False
details = []
live = []
limit = int(self.max_keys.value if hasattr(self.max_keys, "value") else self.max_keys or 3)
if self._to_bool(self.validate_keys):
for key in keys[: max(1, limit)]:
ok, detail = self._validate_key(key)
masked = f"{key[:8]}…{key[-4:]}"
details.append(f"{masked}:{detail}")
if ok:
live.append(key)
else:
details = [f"{k[:8]}…{k[-4:]}" for k in keys[:limit]]
severity = "high" if live else "medium"
self.set_info(
severity=severity,
reason=(
f"Found {len(keys)} Google/Firebase API key(s)"
+ (f"; {len(live)} validated live" if live else "")
+ (f"; projects={','.join(projects[:5])}" if projects else "")
),
api_keys_found=len(keys),
api_keys_live=len(live),
project_hints=projects[:5],
evidence="; ".join(details)[:500],
)
return True
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