coreruleset: Failed to block .phps and .htaccess file upload in #REQUEST-933-APPLICATION-ATTACK-PHP rules

_Issue originally created by user umarfarook882 on date 2017-06-20 19:31:45. Link to original issue: https://github.com/SpiderLabs/owasp-modsecurity-crs/issues/817._

When i was going through #REQUEST-933-APPLICATION-ATTACK-PHP #Rule ID:933110. At first, i thought something was missing. I done my little research 😃

PHP support Extension: .php, .phtml, .php3, .php4, .php5, .php7, .phps

then i found .phps extension was missing on the regex. so i was able to upload .phps file. Anyway it not a major bug, because by default on apache, it will not allow .phps file to run. it has no use. So i did find another way to execute the .phps file by uploading the .htaccess file.

Then i thought definitely OWASP CRS will block uploading .htacess file, but surprisingly there is no rule to block .htaccess file upload. Finally i uploaded .htaccess file and execute the .phps which gives shell access 😃

So its better to block the .htaccess and .phps file upload for better security. 😃

For more information & detailed explanation check my demo video on Github

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Created 4 years ago
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User lifeforms commented on date 2017-06-20 19:50:26:

I would very much like to prevent .htaccess from being uploaded!

I’m not so very sure about .phps. I don’t think it does anything special.

With a .htaccess you can make every file an executable PHP file, e.g.

<FilesMatch \.blah$>
	SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>

Then upload a test.blah file and execute it.

So let’s add .htaccess. Only question is where? Rule 933110 is PHP specific. But .htaccess is not PHP specific. So maybe we should create a different general rule? I could see us adding more entries in the future.

CRS-migration-bot on May 13, 2020