HTTP Request Smuggling Vulnerability Scanner with Request Smuggler

HRS (Request Smuggling Vulnerability) vulnerability allows an attacker to smuggle an ambiguous HTTP request as a second request in one single HTTP request to bypass the security controls of a website and gain access to unauthorized sensitive data and performs malicious activities.

Request Smuggler is a great tool based on the amazing research by Fix. The tool can help to find servers that may be vulnerable to request smuggling vulnerability.

Table of Contents

• Installation on Linux
• Installation on Mac
• Installation on Windows
• Usage

Installation on Linux

1. You can install it from the release.

2. Install from source code (rust should be installed):

git clone https://github.com/Sh1Yo/request_smuggler
cd request_smuggler
cargo build --release

3. Using cargo install:

cargo install request_smuggler --version 0.1.0-alpha.2

Installation on Mac

1. From source code (rust should be installed):

git clone https://github.com/Sh1Yo/request_smuggler
cd request_smuggler
cargo build --release

2. Using cargo install:

cargo install request_smuggler --version 0.1.0-alpha.2

Installation on Windows

You need to install it from release.

Usage

Have a look at the usage:

USAGE:
    request_smuggler [OPTIONS] --url 

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

OPTIONS:
        --amount-of-payloads     low/medium/all [default: low]
    -t, --attack-types 
            [ClTeMethod, ClTePath, ClTeTime, TeClMethod, TeClPath, TeClTime] [default: "ClTeTime" "TeClTime"]

        --file 
            send request from a file
            you need to explicitly pass \r\n at the end of the lines
    -H, --header                            Example: -H 'one:one' 'two:two'
    -X, --method                              [default: POST]
    -u, --url 
    -v, --verbose 
            0 - print detected cases and errors only,
            1 - print first line of server responses
            2 - print requests [default: 0]
        --verify                             how many times verify the vulnerability [default: 2]

That's all. Thanks for reading. 🙂