Google Maps API Scanner

Used for determining whether a leaked/found Google Maps API Key is vulnerable to unauthorized access by other applications or not.

Blog Post #1 - Unauthorized Google Maps API Key Usage Cases, and Why You Need to Care

Blog Post #2 - Google Maps API (Not the Key) Bugs That I Found Over the Years

Please note that most of the bug bounty platforms marking this vulnerability type as informational/low impact. So please make sure that the platform or program is accepting this kind of issues before reporting.

Usage:

• Download maps_api_scanner.py file and run as: python3 maps_api_scanner.py & paste API key wanted to test when asked. (Python2 is no longer supported.)
• Script will return API key is vulnerable for XXX API! message and the PoC link/code if determines any unauthorized access within this API key within any API's.
• Now it supports also api key as argument such as python3 maps_api_scanner.py --api-key API_KEY.

Checked APIs:

• Staticmap API
• Streetview API
• Embed (Basic-Free) API (No longer checked since it is completely free.)
• Embed (Advanced-Paid) API (No longer checked since it is completely free.)
• Directions API
• Geocode API
• Distance Matrix API
• Find Place From Text API
• Autocomplete API
• Elevation API
• Timezone API
• Roads API
• Geolocation API
• Route to Traveled API
• Speed Limit-Roads API
• Place Details API
• Nearby Search-Places API
• Text Search-Places API
• Places Photo API
• Playable Locations API (API is deprecated.)
• FCM API
• Custom Search API

Semi-Auto Checked APIs:

• JavaScript API

Notes:

• Because JavaScript API needs manual confirmation from a web browser directly, only file is created via the script for manual checks/confirmation.
• For Staticmap, Streetview and Embed API's, if used from another domain instead of just testing from browser; whether referer checks are enabled or not on the server-side for the key, script still could return it as vulnerable due to a server-side vulnerability. If you cannot reproduce the vulnerability via browser while the script says so, please read the Blog Post #2 for more information & a better understanding about what is going on.
• If you find any Google Maps API's which are not mentioned in this document/script, create an issue with details so I can also add them.
• Special thanks to Yatin for his contributions on both discovery of additional API's & cost information!

Docker

To run this script in a Dockerized Alpine Linux environment, use the following commands:

docker build -t google_maps_api_scanner .
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/opt/html -i docker.io/library/google_maps_api_scanner <api key>