Git Config Disclosure

Searches for the pattern /.git/config and log file on passed URLs.

Security Misconfiguration (SM)

Impact of the vulnerability

Disclosing the Git config file and log files exposes sensitive information, allowing attackers to gain unauthorized access, manipulate code, and potentially compromise the integrity of the source code.

How this template works

APIs Selection

The API selection filters in this template specify the criteria for selecting the URLs to be tested. In this case, the filters include the response code range (between 200 and 299) and the extraction of the URL from the response using the "urlVar" variable.

Execute request

The execute section defines the type of request to be made and the specific request(s) to be executed. In this template, a single request is made to modify the URL by appending "/.git/config" to it. The "${urlVar}" variable is used to dynamically insert the extracted URL from the API selection filters.

Validation

The validation section specifies the conditions that the response should meet to be considered valid. In this template, the response code is expected to be 200, and the response payload should contain the string "[core]". Additionally, the response payload should not contain any of the listed HTML tags, indicating that the Git config file is not exposed.

Frequently asked questions

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