Git Config Disclosure
Searches for the pattern /.git/config and log file on passed URLs.
Security Misconfiguration (SM)
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
What is the purpose of this test
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What category and subcategory does this vulnerability fall under
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