Script `ajp-methods`

Script types: portrule
Categories: default, safe
Download: https://svn.nmap.org/nmap/scripts/ajp-methods.nse

Script Summary

Discovers which options are supported by the AJP (Apache JServ Protocol) server by sending an OPTIONS request and lists potentially risky methods.

In this script, "potentially risky" methods are anything except GET, HEAD, POST, and OPTIONS. If the script reports potentially risky methods, they may not all be security risks, but you should check to make sure. This page lists the dangers of some common methods:

http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Testing_for_HTTP_Methods_and_XST_%28OWASP-CM-008%29

Script Arguments

ajp-methods.path: the path to check or <code>/<code> if none was given
slaxml.debug: See the documentation for the slaxml library.
http.host, http.max-body-size, http.max-cache-size, http.max-pipeline, http.pipeline, http.truncated-ok, http.useragent: See the documentation for the http library.
smbdomain, smbhash, smbnoguest, smbpassword, smbtype, smbusername: See the documentation for the smbauth library.

Example Usage

nmap -p 8009 <ip> --script ajp-methods

Script Output

PORT     STATE SERVICE
8009/tcp open  ajp13
| ajp-methods:
|   Supported methods: GET HEAD POST PUT DELETE TRACE OPTIONS
|   Potentially risky methods: PUT DELETE TRACE
|_  See https://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/ajp-methods.html

Requires

Author:

Patrik Karlsson