Questions tagged [ssrf]
Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) is a vulnerability that appears when an attacker has the ability to create requests from the vulnerable server.
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Preventing Server-Side Request Forgeries in Java
The application lets users specify a URL for their profile picture. It fetches the data from the URL and saves it on the server. However, the app is vulnerable to server-side request forgery (SSRF) - ...
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SSRF Attack Exploitation Scenario
In this video (0:37) the guy starts a simple HTTP server using Python and then uses a link to fetch a file from the server he just started. But how does this pose a potential security vulnerability?
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What can be done with Blind SSRF?
I know SSRF can be exploited with the file:// protocol to read local files (something like path traversal) and also scan ports of hosts from the same network as the web server.
but how Blind SSRF can ...
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What is the difference between RFI/LFI and SSRF?
Is there any difference between those? Can we say that Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) is a generalization of Remote File Inclusion (RFI) and Local File Inclusion (LFI)?
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How to exploit SVG xlink-based SSRF
First, let me summarize how the SSRF works:
1) You setup an SVG image with a reference to your server via xlink. Here's an example that works:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?...
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Potential issues allowing users to set any URL as web hook
I’m still in the planning stage so this may not be fully fleshed out, but I’m working on a SaaS project. Part of which allows users (customers of my SaaS) to configure my API to watch for events and ...
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Hijacking URL that ends with a trailing slash
I am pentesting an API which makes a backend call to https://example.org/ and appends any input you provide it (for example, if you provide test it will call https://example.org/test). I am trying to ...
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Server Side request forgery (SSRF) explanation
I am looking to gain a better understanding of the SSRF vulnerability.
I have googled and watched YouTube tutorials but they all show advanced techniques that are difficult to understand.
I am ...
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how to fix Out-of-band resource load (HTTP) issue identified by BURP scan
I have Salesforce application which is using my web application hosted in one of our customer's server (IIS 8.0).
BURP Scan has identified one issue in my web application. Issue is something like ...
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SSRF when user input is appended to hostname
Is it considered a SSRF vulnerability (or is it dangerous at all) if the backend of an application fetches a URL that is somewhat based off of user input, in a way similar to this
get("https://...
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Why does Portswigger's solution to the lab "SSRF with whitelist-based input filter" work?
The URL with the exercise is: https://portswigger.net/web-security/ssrf/lab-ssrf-with-whitelist-filter
The solution is:
http://localhost:80%[email protected]/admin/delete?username=carlos
A ...
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Secure AWS instance metadata against potential SSRF
I am running a Windows instance on AWS.
The instance has an IIS service running on it.
The IIS service has a user associated to it and it has no need to access the AWS instance metadata.
I was ...
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Flow of a host header injection attack?
I am new to this field and would like to know how the flow happens in a host header injection attacks.
I believe it's as below:
Client generates the request.
Attacker manipulates the request and ...
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is SSRF attack or vulnerability?
I'm reading now about SSRF attacks, and many articles "SSRF is an attack" and others said "it's a vulnerability." Which is correct?
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HTML Injection to blind SSRF testing retrieves only DNS Query
I recently came across an application that was vulnerable to HTML injection on the invite function. When I insert <img src="image.jpg"> the image got rendered on the mail I received.
I ...
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Is it safe to let users enter a URL in my app that queries an external REST api?
The idea was to allow users to enter a URL inside the application that would send a request to my backend, fetch the data, and load it into a local cache (Apollo/GraphQL). The only sensitive data sent ...
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What measures can be taken to prevent Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in a JAX-RS Application running on Apache Tomcat?
If I have a an application server that uses an implementation of JAX-RS, and is running as *.war file on an Apache Tomcat server, is there anything special that needs to be done or configured to ...
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Is there any way to get a unicode character that has a byte of 23?
I am pentesting a web application. It makes a backend call to another application, and I am trying to hijack that call.
I have gained control over the URL path, query parameters, and fragment that is ...
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SSRF PoC using fill="url(...)" with absolute path
I read this interesting report which describes a SSRF vulnerability allowing to fetch internal images by using the url property in a path element. However, even though this vulnerability most likely ...
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Attacker can check external IP from a SSRF vuln?
I'm testing for SSRF vulnerabilities so my question is; can I check external IP (from another computer on the network) from a SSRF vulnerability?
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What is the effect of the "&x=" in a SSRF? Is it something related to encoding?
I'm learning SSRF. I learnt that typing &x= kinda turn off the rest of an URL (like https://some.website.com/user?id=9&x=.website.com/api/item?id=9)
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SSRF exploitation using MIME Type response
My website has an upload form for avatar, you can either upload image directly from PC or either make website grab it from another host.
If the MIME Type is wrong , the response will contain the ...
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Possible SSRF in image tag that takes (partial) user input?
A webapp has an img tag that partially takes userinput like so:
<img src="/blah/blah/$USERINPUT.jpg">
where the first / is from the root of the domain.
Could there be a vulnerability ...
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Burp: Out Of band resource load
I scanned a web app using Burp and it reported this vulnerability. When I click on the issue it show this request and response:
Request:
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: xxxxx.burpcollaborator.net
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Portswigger SSRF basic lab question
I am working on some portswigger labs to get good at web security.
I was doing this lab at the following link: https://portswigger.net/web-security/ssrf/lab-basic-ssrf-against-localhost
Spoiler, you ...
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Server Side Request Forgery Vulnerability Question
I am working on a CTF called Internal. I know there are walkthroughs available but I am trying not to look at them for the time being and try and work through things myself. The admin page that is the ...
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SSRF through image searching function?
I am testing this site which has a feature where a user can enter a URL, and the site will grab all images from that URL and allow the user to use them on the site.
This is my first time looking for ...
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SSRF payload returns 200 ok
If i run a SSRF payload and it returns 200 ok, does it means the target is vulnerable?
There is nothing that would be considerable leaked like data in a body, just the content-type to date such stuff
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What other methods would an attacker use for making an HTTP request that isn't Fetch() or an XHR or using the DOM?
We are running user-submitted JavaScript, server-side to be executed within a headless browser that doesn't have a DOM or any child of the window or document or location objects - because these are ...
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CheckMarx SSRF Vulnerability
I have a REST which takes a parameter dataSource as input and myService has follow logic.
@RequestMapping(value ="/save", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public List<String> find(@...
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Uploading/writing server files via SSRF?
Say I've found a perfect SSRF vulnerability in a web application that lets me send web requests to any URL, any host, any port, any scheme. I can use the file:// scheme to get the contents of local ...
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SSRF Through Image Url
I am currently studying regarding SSRF. I noticed that an injection vector where SSRF might be present is always parameters that is related to url (Importing image using URL, others). I have ...
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SSRF trough Gopher
Gopher protocol is used a lot when exploiting SSRF, but how?
a Gopher URL takes the form:
gopher://<host>:<port>/<gopher-path>
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gopher://10.10.10.3:80/...
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SSRF change method from POST to GET
I'm currently doing a pentest and noticed an endpoint where SSRF is possible. The internal request that is sent is a POST request. I would like to find a way to change it to a GET request. I spun up ...
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How to circumvent SSRF filter?
I am learning on Tryhackme.com how to circumvent SSRF filter.
There is a website, let's assume it is test.com. test.com has two access points. First is /private which is restricted, and /new-user-...
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Load url from CSS applied to element outside DOM
I was wondering if it's possible to kick off a network call by manipulating the style tag on an element outside the DOM (which could lead to potential SSRF if this were done server-side). I've tried a ...
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What exploit possible when GET request are forged as internal? [closed]
Suppose I was able to bypass CSRF check. I was able to forge any GET request and make it look like it was issued by the user himself. Is the web application vulnerable to somehow to 'Client-side' ...
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What is the difference when a request is made to an open redirect vulnerable url though a browser and through the server using ssrf?
There is a url abc.com/something vulnerable to open redirect to xyz.com (fixed)
I am catching requests at xyz.com to see contents of requests coming to it.
When I browse abc.com/something (being ...
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SSRF - Internal network surfing
If an IIS web server exposes a site in INTERNET, is it possible for an attacker to access internal sites by simply modifying the host header of initial request to internet site and refer another host ...
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Testing RCE and SSRF using Python SimpleHTTPServer [closed]
Is it possible to test RCE and SSRF vulnerabilities using Python SimpleHTTPServer? Or should I use a VPS server?
