Materialized exploit

CVE-2025-46818

MEDIUM

1 public exploit(s) for this CVE, 1 materialized with their code.

For defensive research only. Only test on systems you own or have written authorization for. Unauthorized access is illegal.

Nuclei high Verified

Source

Redis Lua Sandbox < 8.2.2 - Cross-User Escape

By projectdiscovery

How to test this exploit

The Nuclei template IS the test: an executable detection rule. Install nuclei, then run it against a target you control.

nuclei -id CVE-2025-46818 -u https://your-target

Template yaml

id: CVE-2025-46818

info:
  name: Redis Lua Sandbox < 8.2.2 - Cross-User Escape
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: high
  description: |
    Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. Versions 8.2.1 and below allow an authenticated user to use a specially crafted Lua script to manipulate different LUA objects and potentially run their own code in the context of another user. The problem exists in all versions of Redis with LUA scripting. This issue is fixed in version 8.2.2. A workaround to mitigate the problem without patching the redis-server executable is to prevent users from executing LUA scripts. This can be done using ACL to block a script by restricting both the EVAL and FUNCTION command families.
  impact: |
    Authenticated users can execute arbitrary code in the context of other users, potentially leading to full system compromise.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to version 8.2.2 or later.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/dwisiswant0/CVE-2025-46818
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    shodan-query: product:"redis"
  tags: cve,cve2025,js,redis,network,passive,authenticated,vuln

flow: javascript(1) && javascript(2)

javascript:
  - pre-condition: |
      isPortOpen(Host,Port);

    code: |
      const redis = require('nuclei/redis');
      const info = redis.GetServerInfo(Host,Port);
      Export(info);

    args:
      Host: "{{Host}}"
      Port: "6379"

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - success == true
          - compare_versions(version, ' < 8.2.2')
        condition: and

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: version
        part: response
        group: 1
        regex:
          - redis_version:(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)

  - code: |
      const redis = require('nuclei/redis');
      const info = redis.RunLuaScript(Host,Port,Password,Payload);
      Export(info);

    args:
      Host: "{{Host}}"
      Port: "6379"
      Password: "{{passwords}}"
      Payload: 'return "lua enabled"'

    payloads:
      passwords:
        - ""

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - success == true
          - contains(response, 'lua enabled')
        condition: and
        internal: true
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