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Log4Shell — Generic Scanner for Apache log4j RCE CVE-2021-44228 | Kitploit
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Vulnerability ScannersPayload GenerationExploitationWeb Application ExploitationWAF BypassFuzzing
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Log4Shell

Generic Scanner for Apache log4j RCE CVE-2021-44228

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log4shell

A fully automated, accurate, and extensive scanner for finding vulnerable log4j hosts

Features

  • Support for lists of URLs.
  • Fuzzing for more than 60 HTTP request headers.
  • Fuzzing for HTTP POST Data parameters.
  • Fuzzing for JSON data parameters.
  • Supports DNS callback for vulnerability discovery and validation.
  • WAF Bypass payloads.

Announcement

There is a patch bypass on Log4J v2.15.0 that allows a full RCE. This log4shell script reliably detect CVE-2021-45046. If you're having difficulty discovering and scanning your infrastructure at scale or keeping up with the Log4J threat.

Description

This script shall be used by security teams to scan their infrastructure for Log4J RCE, and also test for WAF bypasses that can result in achiving code execution on the organization's environment.

It supports DNS OOB callbacks out of the box, there is no need to setup a DNS callback server.

Installation

root@kitploit:~
$ git clone https://github.com/r00thunter/Log4Shell.git
$ cd Log4shell
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Scan a Single URL

root@kitploit:~
$ python3 log4shell.py -u <target url>

Scan a Single URL using all Request Methods: GET, POST (url-encoded form), POST (JSON body)

root@kitploit:~
$ python3 log4shell.py -u <target url> --run-all-tests

Discover WAF bypasses on the environment.

root@kitploit:~
$ python3 log4shell.py -u <target url> --waf-bypass

Scan a list of URLs

root@kitploit:~
$ python3 log4shell.py -l url-list.txt
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