MODULE

Selenium arbitrary file read

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Selenium arbitrary file read

Disclosed
10/01/2020
Created
01/08/2025

Description

If there is an open selenium web driver, a remote attacker can send requests to the victims browser. In certain cases this can be used to access to the remote file system.

Author(s)

  • Jon Stratton
  • Takahiro Yokoyama

Platform

Cisco

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use auxiliary/gather/selenium_file_read
msf auxiliary(selenium_file_read) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(selenium_file_read) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(selenium_file_read) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(selenium_file_read) > run

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