id: appsettings-file-disclosure info: name: Application Setting file disclosure author: DhiyaneshDK,tess severity: high description: | appsetting.json file discloses the DB connection strings containing sensitive information. reference: - https://twitter.com/hacker_/status/1518003548855930882?s=20&t=BVauK0yUjVl5yL7rwy0Eag metadata: verified: true max-request: 2 tags: exposure,files http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/appsettings.json" - "{{BaseURL}}/appsettings.Production.json" stop-at-first-match: true matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word words: - "ConnectionStrings" - type: word part: header words: - "application/json" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a0047304502200ab0a99b7f2a8e0bd193d05bfb9729dd541336eed01eb74041387c3d11c5cd1b022100ceeb9d3c0ca44313f67af0375112f915400c298b3b4e1942f3cce2fef6954809:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950