Detected A NuGet.config file with a packageSourceCredentials section is exposed. NuGet stores per-feed authentication in this section and often keeps it as a ClearTextPassword, so a public copy leaks the username and password used to reach private package feeds.
PoC
id: nuget-config-exposure
info:
name: NuGet.config Package Source Credentials - Exposure
author: ChrisJr404
severity: high
description: |
Detected A NuGet.config file with a packageSourceCredentials section is exposed. NuGet stores per-feed authentication in this section and often keeps it as a ClearTextPassword, so a public copy leaks the username and password used to reach private package feeds.
reference:
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/reference/nuget-config-file
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/consume-packages/consuming-packages-authenticated-feeds
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 7.5
cwe-id: CWE-522
metadata:
verified: false
max-request: 3
google-query: intitle:"index of" "nuget.config"
tags: exposure,config,nuget,dotnet,credentials,files
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/nuget.config"
- "{{BaseURL}}/NuGet.Config"
- "{{BaseURL}}/.nuget/nuget.config"
stop-at-first-match: true
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'status_code == 200'
- 'contains_all(body, "<configuration>", "packageSourceCredentials", "Username")'
- 'contains_any(tolower(body), "cleartextpassword", "\"password\"")'
- '!contains_any(tolower(body), "<html", "<!doctype", "<script", "<meta", "application/json", "application/javascript", "application/x-javascript", "application/xml", "text/xml", "image/", "response xmlns", "mongodb over http")'
condition: and
extractors:
- type: regex
part: body
group: 1
regex:
- 'key="Username"\s+value="([^"]+)"'
# digest: 4a0a0047304502201c9c9d108d2c1c21d687af63305cf7c591c812b8b64e7933309d8b21e21a1909022100afad2bda1977544a60851db824ef360c262b5792fe94944bccd1c2aea0404010:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
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