Metasploit Web Interface Login Utility - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: Metasploit Web Interface Login Utility
Module: auxiliary/scanner/msf/msf_web_login
Source code: modules/auxiliary/scanner/msf/msf_web_login.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2017-07-24 06:26:21 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): -
Target service / protocol: http, https
Target network port(s): 80, 443, 3000, 3790, 8000, 8008, 8080, 8443, 8880, 8888, 55553
List of CVEs: -
This module simply attempts to login to a Metasploit web interface using a specific user/pass.
Module Ranking and Traits
Module Ranking:
- normal: The exploit is otherwise reliable, but depends on a specific version and can't (or doesn't) reliably autodetect. More information about ranking can be found here.
Basic Usage
This module is a scanner module, and is capable of testing against multiple hosts.
msf > use auxiliary/scanner/msf/msf_web_login
msf auxiliary(msf_web_login) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(msf_web_login) > set RHOSTS ip-range
msf auxiliary(msf_web_login) > exploit
Other examples of setting the RHOSTS option:
Example 1:
msf auxiliary(msf_web_login) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.200
Example 2:
msf auxiliary(msf_web_login) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.1/24
Example 3:
msf auxiliary(msf_web_login) > set RHOSTS file:/tmp/ip_list.txt
Required Options
- RHOSTS: The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the scanner/msf/msf_web_login auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/msf/msf_web_login
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/msf/msf_web_login) > show info
Name: Metasploit Web Interface Login Utility
Module: auxiliary/scanner/msf/msf_web_login
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
Vlatko Kosturjak <[email protected]>
Check supported:
No
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
BLANK_PASSWORDS false no Try blank passwords for all users
BRUTEFORCE_SPEED 5 yes How fast to bruteforce, from 0 to 5
DB_ALL_CREDS false no Try each user/password couple stored in the current database
DB_ALL_PASS false no Add all passwords in the current database to the list
DB_ALL_USERS false no Add all users in the current database to the list
PASSWORD no A specific password to authenticate with
PASS_FILE no File containing passwords, one per line
Proxies no A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
RHOSTS yes The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
RPORT 3790 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL true no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
STOP_ON_SUCCESS false yes Stop guessing when a credential works for a host
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
URIGUESS /user_sessions yes URI for Metasploit Web login. Default is /user_sessions
URILOGIN /login yes URI for Metasploit Web login. Default is /login
USERNAME no A specific username to authenticate as
USERPASS_FILE no File containing users and passwords separated by space, one pair per line
USER_AS_PASS false no Try the username as the password for all users
USER_FILE no File containing usernames, one per line
VERBOSE true yes Whether to print output for all attempts
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Description:
This module simply attempts to login to a Metasploit web interface
using a specific user/pass.
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the scanner/msf/msf_web_login auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/msf/msf_web_login) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/scanner/msf/msf_web_login):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
BLANK_PASSWORDS false no Try blank passwords for all users
BRUTEFORCE_SPEED 5 yes How fast to bruteforce, from 0 to 5
DB_ALL_CREDS false no Try each user/password couple stored in the current database
DB_ALL_PASS false no Add all passwords in the current database to the list
DB_ALL_USERS false no Add all users in the current database to the list
PASSWORD no A specific password to authenticate with
PASS_FILE no File containing passwords, one per line
Proxies no A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
RHOSTS yes The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
RPORT 3790 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL true no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
STOP_ON_SUCCESS false yes Stop guessing when a credential works for a host
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
URIGUESS /user_sessions yes URI for Metasploit Web login. Default is /user_sessions
URILOGIN /login yes URI for Metasploit Web login. Default is /login
USERNAME no A specific username to authenticate as
USERPASS_FILE no File containing users and passwords separated by space, one pair per line
USER_AS_PASS false no Try the username as the password for all users
USER_FILE no File containing usernames, one per line
VERBOSE true yes Whether to print output for all attempts
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the scanner/msf/msf_web_login auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/msf/msf_web_login) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/scanner/msf/msf_web_login):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
DOMAIN WORKSTATION yes The domain to use for Windows authentication
DigestAuthIIS true no Conform to IIS, should work for most servers. Only set to false for non-IIS servers
FingerprintCheck true no Conduct a pre-exploit fingerprint verification
HttpClientTimeout no HTTP connection and receive timeout
HttpPassword no The HTTP password to specify for authentication
HttpRawHeaders no Path to ERB-templatized raw headers to append to existing headers
HttpTrace false no Show the raw HTTP requests and responses
HttpTraceColors red/blu no HTTP request and response colors for HttpTrace (unset to disable)
HttpTraceHeadersOnly false no Show HTTP headers only in HttpTrace
HttpUsername no The HTTP username to specify for authentication
MaxGuessesPerService 0 no Maximum number of credentials to try per service instance. If set to zero or a non-number, this option will not be used.
MaxGuessesPerUser 0 no Maximum guesses for a particular username for the service instance. Note that users are considered unique among different services, so a user at 10.1.1.1:22
is different from one at 10.2.2.2:22, and both will be tried up to the MaxGuessesPerUser limit. If set to zero or a non-number, this option will not be use
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MaxMinutesPerService 0 no Maximum time in minutes to bruteforce the service instance. If set to zero or a non-number, this option will not be used.
PASSWORD_SPRAY false yes Reverse the credential pairing order. For each password, attempt every possible user.
REMOVE_PASS_FILE false yes Automatically delete the PASS_FILE on module completion
REMOVE_USERPASS_FILE false yes Automatically delete the USERPASS_FILE on module completion
REMOVE_USER_FILE false yes Automatically delete the USER_FILE on module completion
SSLVersion Auto yes Specify the version of SSL/TLS to be used (Auto, TLS and SSL23 are auto-negotiate) (Accepted: Auto, TLS, SSL23, SSL3, TLS1, TLS1.1, TLS1.2)
ShowProgress true yes Display progress messages during a scan
ShowProgressPercent 10 yes The interval in percent that progress should be shown
TRANSITION_DELAY 0 no Amount of time (in minutes) to delay before transitioning to the next user in the array (or password when PASSWORD_SPRAY=true)
UserAgent Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) no The User-Agent header to use for all requests
WORKSPACE no Specify the workspace for this module
Auxiliary Actions
This is a list of all auxiliary actions that the scanner/msf/msf_web_login module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/msf/msf_web_login) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the scanner/msf/msf_web_login auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/msf/msf_web_login) > show evasion
Module evasion options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
HTTP::header_folding false no Enable folding of HTTP headers
HTTP::method_random_case false no Use random casing for the HTTP method
HTTP::method_random_invalid false no Use a random invalid, HTTP method for request
HTTP::method_random_valid false no Use a random, but valid, HTTP method for request
HTTP::pad_fake_headers false no Insert random, fake headers into the HTTP request
HTTP::pad_fake_headers_count 0 no How many fake headers to insert into the HTTP request
HTTP::pad_get_params false no Insert random, fake query string variables into the request
HTTP::pad_get_params_count 16 no How many fake query string variables to insert into the request
HTTP::pad_method_uri_count 1 no How many whitespace characters to use between the method and uri
HTTP::pad_method_uri_type space no What type of whitespace to use between the method and uri (Accepted: space, tab, apache)
HTTP::pad_post_params false no Insert random, fake post variables into the request
HTTP::pad_post_params_count 16 no How many fake post variables to insert into the request
HTTP::pad_uri_version_count 1 no How many whitespace characters to use between the uri and version
HTTP::pad_uri_version_type space no What type of whitespace to use between the uri and version (Accepted: space, tab, apache)
HTTP::uri_dir_fake_relative false no Insert fake relative directories into the uri
HTTP::uri_dir_self_reference false no Insert self-referential directories into the uri
HTTP::uri_encode_mode hex-normal no Enable URI encoding (Accepted: none, hex-normal, hex-noslashes, hex-random, hex-all, u-normal, u-all, u-random)
HTTP::uri_fake_end false no Add a fake end of URI (eg: /%20HTTP/1.0/../../)
HTTP::uri_fake_params_start false no Add a fake start of params to the URI (eg: /%3fa=b/../)
HTTP::uri_full_url false no Use the full URL for all HTTP requests
HTTP::uri_use_backslashes false no Use back slashes instead of forward slashes in the uri
HTTP::version_random_invalid false no Use a random invalid, HTTP version for request
HTTP::version_random_valid false no Use a random, but valid, HTTP version for request
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Error Messages
This module may fail with the following error messages:
Error Messages
- <URILOGIN> - No response
- Expected 200 HTTP code - not msf web? Got: <RES.CODE>
- Expected metasploit page - not msf web interface? <RES.BODY>
- No auth token found
- Failed to get login cookies, aborting
- FAILED LOGIN. '<USER>' : '<PASS>' with code <RES.CODE>
- FAILED LOGIN. '<USER>' : '<PASS>' with wrong redirect
- HTTP Connection Failed, Aborting
Check for the possible causes from the code snippets below found in the module source code. This can often times help in identifying the root cause of the problem.
<URILOGIN> - No response
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<URILOGIN> - No response" error message:
44: vprint_error("#{datastore['URILOGIN']} - #{e}")
45: return
46: end
47:
48: if not res
49: vprint_error(" #{datastore['URILOGIN']} - No response")
50: return
51: end
52: if !(res.code == 200 or res.code == 302)
53: vprint_error("Expected 200 HTTP code - not msf web? Got: #{res.code}")
54: return
Expected 200 HTTP code - not msf web? Got: <RES.CODE>
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Expected 200 HTTP code - not msf web? Got: <RES.CODE>" error message:
48: if not res
49: vprint_error(" #{datastore['URILOGIN']} - No response")
50: return
51: end
52: if !(res.code == 200 or res.code == 302)
53: vprint_error("Expected 200 HTTP code - not msf web? Got: #{res.code}")
54: return
55: end
56: if res.body !~ /<title>Metasploit<\/title>/
57: vprint_error("Expected metasploit page - not msf web interface? #{res.body}")
58: return
Expected metasploit page - not msf web interface? <RES.BODY>
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Expected metasploit page - not msf web interface? <RES.BODY>" error message:
52: if !(res.code == 200 or res.code == 302)
53: vprint_error("Expected 200 HTTP code - not msf web? Got: #{res.code}")
54: return
55: end
56: if res.body !~ /<title>Metasploit<\/title>/
57: vprint_error("Expected metasploit page - not msf web interface? #{res.body}")
58: return
59: end
60:
61: each_user_pass do |user, pass|
62: do_login(user, pass)
No auth token found
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "No auth token found" error message:
86: }
87: # extract authenticity_token from hidden field
88: atoken = res.body.scan(/<input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="(.*)"/).flatten[0]
89:
90: if atoken.nil?
91: print_error("No auth token found")
92: return :abort
93: end
94: else
95: print_error("Failed to get login cookies, aborting")
96: return :abort
Failed to get login cookies, aborting
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Failed to get login cookies, aborting" error message:
90: if atoken.nil?
91: print_error("No auth token found")
92: return :abort
93: end
94: else
95: print_error("Failed to get login cookies, aborting")
96: return :abort
97: end
98:
99: res = send_request_cgi(
100: {
FAILED LOGIN. '<USER>' : '<PASS>' with code <RES.CODE>
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "FAILED LOGIN. '<USER>' : '<PASS>' with code <RES.CODE>" error message:
110: 'user_session[password]' => pass
111: }
112: }, 25)
113:
114: if not res or res.code != 302
115: vprint_error("FAILED LOGIN. '#{user}' : '#{pass}' with code #{res.code}")
116: return :skip_pass
117: end
118: if res.headers['Location'] =~ /\/login/
119: vprint_error("FAILED LOGIN. '#{user}' : '#{pass}' with wrong redirect")
120: return :skip_pass
FAILED LOGIN. '<USER>' : '<PASS>' with wrong redirect
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "FAILED LOGIN. '<USER>' : '<PASS>' with wrong redirect" error message:
114: if not res or res.code != 302
115: vprint_error("FAILED LOGIN. '#{user}' : '#{pass}' with code #{res.code}")
116: return :skip_pass
117: end
118: if res.headers['Location'] =~ /\/login/
119: vprint_error("FAILED LOGIN. '#{user}' : '#{pass}' with wrong redirect")
120: return :skip_pass
121: else
122: print_good("SUCCESSFUL LOGIN. '#{user}' : '#{pass}'")
123:
124: report_cred(
HTTP Connection Failed, Aborting
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "HTTP Connection Failed, Aborting" error message:
130: proof: res.headers['Location']
131: )
132: return :next_user
133: end
134: rescue ::Rex::ConnectionError, Errno::ECONNREFUSED, Errno::ETIMEDOUT
135: print_error("HTTP Connection Failed, Aborting")
136: return :abort
137: end
138: end
139:
140: def report_cred(opts)
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Related Pull Requests
- #8716 Merged Pull Request: Print_Status -> Print_Good (And OCD bits 'n bobs)
- #8338 Merged Pull Request: Fix msf/core and self.class msftidy warnings
- #6655 Merged Pull Request: use MetasploitModule as a class name
- #6648 Merged Pull Request: Change metasploit class names
- #6493 Merged Pull Request: move SSL to the default options
- #5768 Merged Pull Request: Update modules to use metasploit-credential instead of report_auth_info
- #3359 Merged Pull Request: Resolved some more Set-Cookie warnings
- #2525 Merged Pull Request: Change module boilerplate
- #1070 Merged Pull Request: Metasploit Aux script to guess password against RPC interface
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See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- auxiliary/crawler/msfcrawler
- auxiliary/scanner/msf/msf_rpc_login
- auxiliary/server/android_browsable_msf_launch
- exploit/multi/browser/msfd_rce_browser
- exploit/multi/misc/msfd_rce_remote
- exploit/multi/misc/msf_rpc_console
- exploit/unix/fileformat/metasploit_msfvenom_apk_template_cmd_injection
- exploit/dialup/multi/login/manyargs
- auxiliary/scanner/http/advantech_webaccess_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/cassandra_web_file_read
- auxiliary/scanner/http/chef_webui_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/chromecast_webserver
- auxiliary/scanner/http/cnpilot_r_web_login_loot
- auxiliary/scanner/http/dir_webdav_unicode_bypass
- auxiliary/scanner/http/epmp1000_web_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/exchange_web_server_pushsubscription
- auxiliary/scanner/http/meteocontrol_weblog_extractadmin
- auxiliary/scanner/http/ms09_020_webdav_unicode_bypass
- auxiliary/scanner/http/rdp_web_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/sap_businessobjects_user_brute_web
- auxiliary/scanner/http/simple_webserver_traversal
- auxiliary/scanner/http/splunk_web_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/symantec_web_gateway_login
- auxiliary/scanner/http/webdav_internal_ip
- auxiliary/scanner/http/webdav_scanner
- auxiliary/scanner/http/webdav_website_content
- auxiliary/scanner/http/webpagetest_traversal
- auxiliary/scanner/http/web_vulndb
- auxiliary/scanner/sap/sap_web_gui_brute_login
- auxiliary/scanner/scada/indusoft_ntwebserver_fileaccess
Authors
- Vlatko Kosturjak <kost[at]linux.hr>
Version
This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.2.23-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
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