Tomcat /status information disclosure. Allows access to running Tomcat info and resets statistics
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2003 StrongHoldNet
# 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
CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:tomcat";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.11218");
script_version("2023-08-03T05:05:16+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-08-03 05:05:16 +0000 (Thu, 03 Aug 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.4");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_name("Tomcat /status information disclosure");
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2003 StrongHoldNet");
script_family("Web Servers");
script_dependencies("gb_apache_tomcat_consolidation.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 8080);
script_mandatory_keys("apache/tomcat/http/detected");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"If you don't use this feature, comment the appropriate section in
your httpd.conf file. If you really need it, limit its access to
the administrator's machine.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Requesting the URI /status gives information about
the currently running Tomcat.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"It also allows anybody to reset (ie: permanently delete) the current
statistics. Additional information gathering about the target is possible as well.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"Mitigation");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_vul");
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE, service:"www" ) ) exit( 0 );
if( ! dir = get_app_location( cpe:CPE, port:port ) ) exit( 0 );
url = "/status";
req = http_get( item:url, port:port );
res = http_keepalive_send_recv( port:port, data:req );
if( ("Status information for" >< res ) && ( "<a href='jkstatus?scoreboard.reset'>reset</a>" >< res ) ) {
report = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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