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CVE-2020-36939 is an unauthenticated directory traversal vulnerability in Cassandra Web 0.5.0 and earlier. Insufficient request-path sanitization, associated with a disabled Rack::Protection module, permits an attacker to manipulate traversal sequences in requests and read files outside the intended application-accessible directory. The flaw can expose sensitive operating-system and application configuration data, including Apache Cassandra credentials.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit auxiliary module (modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/cassandra_web_file_read.rb) that exploits an unauthenticated directory traversal vulnerability in Cassandra Web version 0.5.0 and earlier. The module allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files from the server's filesystem by sending a specially crafted HTTP GET request with directory traversal sequences. The exploit is operational and can be used to download files such as /etc/passwd from the target server. The module is configurable for the file path to read, the traversal depth, and the target port (default 3000). The code is written in Ruby and leverages Metasploit's HTTP client and scanner mixins. No payload is delivered beyond the file read, and the exploit does not require authentication. The main attack vector is network-based, targeting the HTTP interface of Cassandra Web. The repository is structured as a single Metasploit module file.
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