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Security researcher reported vulnerability on India Post server

A French security researcher Robert Baptiste, who goes by the pseudonym Elliot Alderson on Twitter had reported a vulnerability on the India Post server on behalf of an Indian researcher who prefers to remain anonymous. The subdomain digitization.indiapost.gov.in was vulnerable to an Apache vulnerability - CVE 2017-5638, which allows remote code execution on the server. A request crafted to upload a file on a server that processes it with a Jakarta-based plugin. Malicious code in the Content-Type header can then be used to run the command on the server. https://twitter.com/fs0c131y/status/972820110124683264 Elliot Alderson posted several screenshots of the compromised server that showed the directory listing of files, and accessed a file containing Employee bank details. He also found evidence that someone else may have exploited the vulnerability in the past, as files he discovered on the server that were created on 14th April 2017 - almost a year ago. https://twitter.com/fs0c131y/status/972820118244904961 The vulnerability was originally found by an Indian security researcher, who alerted India Post through Alderson. It has now been fixed. Medianama's take Official websites in India are often poorly coded and/or secured. There is an urgent need to ensure the security of government websites and ensure that updates and security measures to address new vulnerabilities are applied promptly. The government also needs to reconsider its response to vulnerability reports. We have often seen instances of those reporting vulnerabilities being persecuted in the past. There are next to no reliable methods of alerting website and app developers as to security risks…

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