Sitecore Pre-Auth RCE CVE-2021-42237

Detects exploitation attempts of Sitecore Experience Platform Pre-Auth RCE CVE-2021-42237 found in Report.ashx

Detection logic

selection

cs-method: POST
cs-uri-query|contains: /sitecore/shell/ClientBin/Reporting/Report.ashx
sc-status: 200

Condition

selection

Raw YAML

title: Sitecore Pre-Auth RCE CVE-2021-42237
id: 20c6ed1c-f7f0-4ea3-aa65-4f198e6acb0f
status: test
description: Detects exploitation attempts of Sitecore Experience Platform Pre-Auth RCE CVE-2021-42237 found in Report.ashx
references:
    - https://blog.assetnote.io/2021/11/02/sitecore-rce/
    - https://support.sitecore.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1000776
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-11-17
modified: 2023-01-02
tags:
    - attack.initial-access
    - attack.t1190
    - cve.2021-42237
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    category: webserver
detection:
    selection:
        cs-method: 'POST'
        cs-uri-query|contains: '/sitecore/shell/ClientBin/Reporting/Report.ashx'
        sc-status: 200
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Vulnerability Scanning
level: high

False positives

Vulnerability Scanning

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