CNIT 129S: Ch 12: Attacking Users: Cross-Site Scripting
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CNIT 129S: Ch 12: Attacking Users: Cross-Site Scripting
- 1. CNIT 129S: Securing Web Applications Ch 12: Attacking Users : Cross-Site Scripting (XSS ) Part 1 Updated 4-22-2021
- 2. Attacking Clients • Vulnerabilities in browser s • May result in session hijacking, unauthorized actions, and disclosure of personal data, keylogging, remote code executio n • XSS is the most prevalent web application vulnerability in the world
- 3. Varieties of XSS • Re fl ected XS S • Stored XS S • DOM-Based XSS
- 4. Re fl ected XSS • Example: an error message that takes text from user and displays it back to the user in its respons e • 75% of all XSS vulnerabilities are this type
- 6. URL with data Re fl ected XSS R e q u e s t w i t h d a t a R e s p o n s e Cod e Execution
- 9. Persistent Cookies • If user has a persistent cookie, implementing "remember me " • Step 1 is not neede d • User need not be currently logged in
- 10. Same-Origin Policy • evil.com cannot get your target.com cookies from your browse r • Only a page in the same domain (target.com ) • But XSS lets the attacker add scripting to a page that comes from target.co m • Hence the name Cross-Site Scripting
- 11. Stored XSS Vulnerabilities • A message is store d • Executed on any user who views i t • May attack a large number of users
- 14. DOM-Based XSS
- 15. DOM-Based XSS Request Response with data Data stored on pag e used elsewhere on pag e Code Execution
- 16. The Vulnerability • Client-side JavaScript can access the browser's Document Object Mode l • Can determine the URL used to load the current pag e • A script the developer put there may extract data from the URL and display it, dynamically updating the page's contents
- 17. Example: Dynamically Generated Error Message • Writes message to pag e • Can also write script to page
- 19. 12a
- 21. Apache (2010) • XSS in issue-tracking application • Attacker injected code, obscured it with a URL shortene r • Administrator clicked the lin k • Attacker stole the administrator's cooki e • Attacker altered the upload folder for the project and placed a Trojan login form there
- 22. Apache (2010) • Attacker captured usernames and passwords for Apache privileged user s • Found passwords that were re-used on other systems within the infrastructur e • Fully compromised those systems, escalating the attack beyond the vulnerable Web applicatio n • Link Ch 12a
- 23. MySpace (2005) • Samy evaded fi lters intended to block XS S • Added JavaScript to his user pro fi le, that made every viewe r • Add Samy as a frien d • Copied the script to the user's pro fi l e • Gained over 1 million friends within hours • Link Ch 12b
- 24. • Stored XSS in email allowed attackers to send a malicious email to the CE O • Stealing his session cookie
- 25. Twitter (2009) • Link Ch 12d
- 26. Other Payloads for XSS • Virtual Defacemen t • Add images, code, or other content to a page
- 28. Injecting Trojan Functionality • Inject actual working functionality into the vulnerable applicatio n • Such as a fake login form to capture credential s • Or the fake Google purchase form on the next slide, from 2004
- 30. Disadvantages of Session Hijacking • Attacker must monitor her server and collect cookie s • Then carry out actions on behalf of target user s • Labor-intensiv e • Leaves traces in server logs
- 31. Inducing User Actions • Use attack payload script to carry out actions directl y • MySpace XSS worm did thi s • If the goal is to perform an administrative action, each user can be forced to try it until an administrator is compromised
- 32. Exploiting Trust Relationships • Browsers trust JavaScript with cookies from the same websit e • Autocomplete in the browser can fi ll in fi elds, which are then read by JavaScrip t • Some sites require being added to Internet Explorer's "Trusted Sites"; those sites can run arbitrary code like this
- 33. Exploiting Trust Relationships • ActiveX controls often contain powerful method s • They may check to see that requests came from the expected sit e • With XSS, that condition is satis fi ed
- 34. Escalating the Client-Side Attack • Website may attack users b y • Logging keystroke s • Capturing browsing histor y • Port-scanning the local network
- 35. 12b
- 36. Delivery Mechanisms for XSS Attacks
- 37. Delivering Re fl ected and DOM-Based XSS Attacks • Phishing email containing a crafted UR L • Targeted attack with custom emai l • Instant message containing a UR L • Code posted on websites that allow user to post HTML
- 38. Watering Hole Attack • Attacker creates a website with content that will interest the target user s • Use search engine optimization to attract viewer s • Page contains content that causes the user's browser to make requests containing XSS payloads to the vulnerable application
- 39. • Purchase ad space, put malicious URL in the a d • The ad may appear in pages about the app you are attacking, because of keyword matche s • Web apps often have "tell a friend" or "send feedback" feature s • Leverage this to deliver an XSS attack via an email that originates from the organization's server Delivering Re fl ected and DOM-Based XSS Attacks
- 40. Delivering Stored XSS Attacks • In-band (most common)
- 41. Delivering Stored XSS Attacks • Out-of-ban d • Anything other than viewing the target ap p • Such as email from its server
- 42. Chaining XSS • XSS vulnerability itself may be low-ris k • But chaining it together with other vulnerabilities can cause serious compromise
- 43. Example • XSS allows script to be inserted into user's displayed nam e • Access control fl aw lets attacker change other users' name s • Add token-stealing XSS to every usernam e • Gain administrator credentials: total control of application
- 44. Finding and Exploiting XSS Vunerabilities
- 45. Basic Approach • Inject this string into every parameter on every page of the applicatio n • If the attack string appears unmodi fi ed in the response, that indicates an XSS vulnerabilit y • This is the fastest way to fi nd an XSS, but it won't fi nd them all
- 46. When the Simple Attack Fails • Applications with rudimentary blacklist-based fi lter s • Remove <script>, or < > " / • Crafted attacks may still work
- 47. Response Different from Input • XSS attacks that don't simply return the attack strin g • Sometimes input string is sanitized, decoded, or otherwise modi fi e d • In DOM-based XSS, the input string isn't necessarily returned in the browser's immediate response, but is retained in the DOM and accessed via client-side JavaScript
- 48. Finding and Exploiting Re fl ected XSS Vulnerabilities
- 49. Identifying Re fl ections of User Input • Choose a unique string that doesn't appear anyhere in the application and includes only alphabetical characters that won't be fi ltered, like "myxsstestdmqlwp " • Submit it as every parameter, one at a time, including GET, POST, query string, and headers such as User-Agen t • Monitor responses for any appearance of the string
- 50. Testing Re fl ections to Introduce Script • Manually test each instance of re fl ected input to see if it's exploitabl e • You'll have to customize the attack for each situation
- 52. Demo 5. A Tag Attribute Value • Here are two ways to exploit it
- 53. Demo 6. A JavaScript String • This attack works
- 54. Demo 7. An Attribute Containing a URL • Use the javascript: handler to make your script into a UR L • Or use the onclick event handler
- 55. Probing Defensive Filters • Three common types
- 56. Beating Signature-Based Filters • You may see an error message like this
- 57. Remove Parts of the String • Until the error goes awa y • Find the substring that triggered the error, usually something like <script > • Test bypass methods
- 58. Ways to Introduce Script Code
- 59. Script Tags • If <script> is blocked, try these
- 61. Event Handlers • All these run without user interaction
- 62. Event Handlers in HTML 5 • Autofocu s • In closing tag s • New tags
- 63. Script Pseudo-Protocols • Used where a URL is expecte d • IE allows the vbs: protoco l • HTML 5 provides these new ways:
- 64. Dynamically Evaluated Styles • IE 7 and earlier allowed this : • Later IE versions allow this:
- 65. Bypassing Filters: HTML • Ways to obfuscate this attack
- 66. Inserted NULL Butes • Causes C code to terminate the strin g • Will bypass many fi lter s • IE allows NULL bytes anywher e • Web App Firewalls (WAFs) are typically coded in C for performance and this trick fools them
- 67. Invalid Tags • Browser will let it ru n • Filter may not see it due to invalid tag "x"
- 68. Base Tag Hijacking • Set <base> and later relative-path URLs will be resolved relative to it
- 69. Space Following the Tag Name • Replace the space with other character s • Add extra characters when there's no space
- 70. NULL Byte in Attribute Name • Attribute delimiter s • Backtick works in IE
- 71. Attribute Delimiters • If fi lter is unaware that backticks work as attribute delimiters, it treats this as a single attribute, not realizing that the "onerror" will execut e • Attack with no spaces
- 72. Attribute Values • Insert NULL, or HTML-encode characters
- 73. HTML Encoding • Can use decimal and hexadecimal format, add leading zeroes, omit trailing semicolo n • Some browsers will accept these
- 74. Tag Brackets • Some applications perform URL decoding twice, so this inpu t • becomes this, which has no < or > • and it's then decoded to this
- 75. • Some app frameworks translate unusual Unicode characters into their nearest ASCII equivalents, so double-angle quotation marks %u00AB and %u00BB work: Tag Brackets
- 76. • Browsers tolerate extra bracket s • This strange format is accepted by Firefox, despite not having a valid <script> tag Tag Brackets
- 77. Web Developer Add-on • View Generated Source shows HTML after Firefox has tried to " fi x" the code
- 78. Character Sets
- 79. Telling Browser the Character Set • Set it in the HTTP Content-Type heade r • Or an HTTP META ta g • Or a CHARSET parameter, if one is used
- 80. Shift-JIS • A 16-byte encoding scheme developed for Japanese character s • Suppose two pieces of input are used in the app's respons e • input1 blocks quotes, input2 blocks < and > • This attack works, because %f0 starts a two-byte character, breaking the quotation mark
- 82. JavaScript Escaping • Unicod e • Eva l • Super fl uous escape characters
- 83. AtoB • Link Ch 12i
- 84. Dynamically Constructing Strings • Third example works in Firefo x • And in other browsers too, according to link Ch 12f
- 85. Alternatives • Alternatives to eva l • Alternatives to dots
- 87. Combining Multiple Techniques • The "e" in "alert" uses Unicode escaping: u006 5 • The backslash is URL-encoded: \ ; • With more HTML-encoding
- 88. VBScript • Skip this sectio n • Microsoft abandoned VBScript with Edg e • Link Ch 12g
- 89. Beating Sanitization • Encoding certain character s • < becomes < ; • > becomes > ; • Test to see what characters are sanitize d • Try to make an attack string without those characters
- 90. Examples • Your injection may already be in a script, so you don't need <script> ta g • Sneak in <script> using layers of encoding, null bytes, nonstandard syntax, or obfuscated script code
- 91. Mistakes in Sanitizing Code • Not removing all instance s • Not acting recursively
- 92. Stages of Encoding • Filter fi rst strips <script> recursivel y • Then strips <object> recursivel y • This attack succeeds
- 93. Injecting into an Event Handler • You control fo o • This attack strin g • Turns into this, and executes in some browsers
- 94. Beating Length Limits 1. Short Attacks • This sends cookies to server with hostname a • This tag executes a script from the server with hostname a
- 95. JavaScript Packer • Link Ch 12h
- 96. • Use multiple injection points • Inject part of the code in each poin t • Consider this URL Beating Length Limits 2. Span Multiple Locations
- 97. • It returns three hidden fi eld s • Inject this way Beating Length Limits 2. Span Multiple Locations
- 98. • Result Beating Length Limits 2. Span Multiple Locations
- 99. • Inject this JavaScript, which evaluates the fragment string from the UR L • The part after # Beating Length Limits 3. Convert Re fl ected XSS to DOM
- 100. • First attack works in a straightforward manne r • Second one works because http: is interpreted as a code label, // as a comment, and %0A terminates the comment Beating Length Limits 3. Convert Re fl ected XSS to DOM
- 101. 10c