'''
xss.py
Copyright 2006 Andres Riancho
This file is part of w3af, w3af.sourceforge.net .
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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'''
from core.data.fuzzer.fuzzer import *
import core.controllers.outputManager as om
from core.controllers.basePlugin.baseAuditPlugin import baseAuditPlugin
import core.data.kb.knowledgeBase as kb
from core.controllers.w3afException import w3afException
import core.data.parsers.urlParser as urlParser
import core.data.kb.vuln as vuln
class xss(baseAuditPlugin):
'''
This plugin tests for XSS.
@author: Andres Riancho ( andres.riancho@gmail.com )
'''
def __init__(self):
baseAuditPlugin.__init__(self)
self._fuzzableRequests = []
self._xssMutants = []
self._reportedDouble = []
self._reportedSimple = []
self._reportedLtGt = []
self._echoed = []
self._notEchoed = []
self._reported = []
self._checkPersistent = True
def _fuzzRequests(self, freq ):
'''
Tests an URL for XSS vulnerabilities.
@param freq: A fuzzableRequest
'''
om.out.debug( 'Xss plugin is testing: ' + freq.getURL() )
self._fuzzableRequests.append( freq )
xssStrings = self._getXssStrings()
mutantList = createMutants( freq , xssStrings )
for mutant in mutantList:
#if self._isEchoed( mutant ):
if True:
# verify if the variable we are fuzzing is actually being echoed back
if self._hasNoBug( 'xss', 'xss', mutant.getURL() , mutant.getVar() ):
# Only spawn a thread if the mutant has a modified variable
# that has no reported bugs in the kb
send = True
if mutant.getModValue().count('\'') or mutant.getModValue().count('\"'):
if (mutant.getVar(), mutant.getURL()) in self._reportedSimple\
or (mutant.getVar(), mutant.getURL()) in self._reportedDouble:
send = False
if mutant.getModValue().count('<') or mutant.getModValue().count('>'):
if (mutant.getVar(), mutant.getURL()) in self._reportedLtGt:
send = False
if send:
targs = (mutant,)
self._tm.startFunction( target=self._sendMutant, args=targs, ownerObj=self )
def _getXssStrings( self ):
'''
Does a select to the DB for a list of XSS strings that will be tested agains the site.
@return: A list with all XSS strings to test. Example: [ '<>RANDOMIZE','alert(RANDOMIZE)']
'''
xss_strings = []
### TODO: analyze http://ha.ckers.org/xss.html and decide what to use
# Single quotes
# The number 2 is to inject in permanent xss and not "make the user know we are testing the site"
xss_strings.append("")
xss_strings.append("javascript:alert('RANDOMIZE');")
xss_strings.append("JaVaScRiPt:alert('RANDOMIZE');")
xss_strings.append("javas\tcript:alert('RANDOMIZE');")
# no quotes
xss_strings.append("RANDOMIZE")
# Double quotes
xss_strings.append('javascript:alert("RANDOMIZE");')
xss_strings.append('JaVaScRiPt:alert("RANDOMIZE");')
xss_strings.append('')
xss_strings.append('javas\tcript:alert("RANDOMIZE");')
# I need to identify everything I send to the web app
self._rndValue = createRandAlNum()
xss_strings = [ x.replace( 'RANDOMIZE', self._rndValue ) for x in xss_strings ]
return xss_strings
def _isEchoed( self, mutant ):
'''
Verify if the parameter we are fuzzing is really being echoed back in the
HTML response or not. If it aint echoed there is no chance we are going to
find a XSS here.
@parameter mutant: The request to send.
@return: True if variable is echoed
'''
if (mutant.getURL(),mutant.getVar()) in self._echoed:
res = True
elif (mutant.getURL(),mutant.getVar()) in self._notEchoed:
res = False
else:
dc = mutant.getDc()
rndNum = str( createRandAlNum( 5 ) )
oldValue = mutant.getModValue()
mutant.setModValue(rndNum)
response = self._sendMutant( mutant, analyze=False )
# restore the mutant values
mutant.setModValue(oldValue)
if response.getBody().count( rndNum ):
# record that this variable is echoed
self._echoed.append( (mutant.getURL(),mutant.getVar()) )
om.out.debug('The variable ' + mutant.getVar() + ' is being echoed back.' )
res = True
else:
# record that this variable aint echoed
self._notEchoed.append( (mutant.getURL(),mutant.getVar()) )
om.out.debug('The variable ' + mutant.getVar() + ' is NOT being echoed back.' )
# I return True here, so the FIRST non-echoed value is sent
# this is for permanent XSS checking. The second time I ask if
# this is being echoed back, i'll get a false, cause its in the self._notEchoed
# list.
res = True
return res
def _analyzeResult( self, mutant, response ):
# Register the modified qstring that we created for permanent XSS checking
self._addToPermanentXssChecking( mutant )
htmlString = response.getBody()
vulnerable = False
if htmlString.count( mutant.getModValue() ):
# Ok, we MAY have found a xss. Let's remove some false positives.
if mutant.getModValue().lower().count( 'javas' ):
# I have to check if javascript was written inside a SRC parameter of html
# afaik it is the only place this type () of xss works.
if self._checkHTML( mutant.getModValue(), htmlString ):
vulnerable = True
else:
# Not a javascript type of xss, it's a type
vulnerable = True
else:
# verify filters
self._checkFilters( mutant, response )
if vulnerable:
if mutant.getModValue().count('alert2'):
modValue = mutant.getModValue()
modValue = modValue.replace('alert2','alert')
mutant.setModValue( modValue )
v = vuln.vuln( mutant )
v.setId( response.id )
v.setDesc( 'Cross Site Scripting was found at: ' + v.getURL() + ' . Using method: ' + v.getMethod() + '. ' + mutant.printModValue() )
if (v.getVar(), v.getURL()) in self._reportedLtGt:
v['escapesLtGt'] = True
else:
v['escapesLtGt'] = False
if (v.getVar(), v.getURL()) in self._reportedSimple:
v['escapesSingle'] = True
else:
v['escapesSingle'] = False
if (v.getVar(), v.getURL()) in self._reportedDouble:
v['escapesDouble'] = True
else:
v['escapesDouble'] = False
kb.kb.append( self, 'xss', v )
def _checkFilters( self, mutant, response ):
'''
Check how special chars are filtered or escaped.
'''
htmlString = response.getBody()
if htmlString.count( self._rndValue ):
# Input is being echoed back to the user. Lets see what filters are being used !
start = htmlString.find( self._rndValue )
zone = htmlString[ start -20 : start + 20 ]
for escape in ["\\'",'\\"']:
if zone.count( escape ):
if escape == "\\'" and \
(mutant.getVar(), mutant.getURL()) not in self._reportedSimple :
om.out.information('Simple quotes are being escaped using backslashes in parameter ' + \
mutant.getVar() + ' in URL ' + mutant.getURL() )
self._reportedSimple.append( (mutant.getVar(), mutant.getURL()) )
elif escape == '\\"' and \
(mutant.getVar(), response.getURL()) not in self._reportedDouble :
om.out.information('Double quotes are being escaped using backslashes in parameter ' + \
mutant.getVar() + ' in URL ' + mutant.getURL() + '.')
self._reportedDouble.append( (mutant.getVar(), mutant.getURL()) )
for escape in ['<','>']:
if zone.count( escape ):
if (mutant.getVar(), mutant.getURL()) not in self._reportedLtGt :
om.out.information('Lower Than and Grater Than symbols are being escaped using html encoding in parameter ' + \
mutant.getVar() + ' in URL ' + mutant.getURL() + '.')
self._reportedLtGt.append( (mutant.getVar(), mutant.getURL()) )
def _checkHTML( self, xssString , htmlString ):
'''
This function checks if the javascript XSS is going to work or not.
Examples:
Request: http://a.com/f.php?a=javascript:alert('XSS');
HTML Response:
_checkHTML returns True
Request: http://a.com/f.php?a=javascript:alert('XSS');
HTML Response: I love javascript:alert('XSS');
_checkHTML returns False
'''
htmlString = htmlString.replace(' ','')
xssString = xssString.replace(' ','')
XssTags = []
XssTags.extend([''):
return False
else:
return True
return False
def _addToPermanentXssChecking( self, mutant ):
'''
This is used to check for permanent xss.
@return: No value is returned.
'''
self._xssMutants.append( mutant )
def end( self ):
'''
This method is called to check for permanent Xss.
Many times a xss aint on the page we get after the GET/POST of the xss string.
This method searches for the xss string on all the pages that are available.
@return: None, vulns are saved to the kb.
'''
self._tm.join( self )
if self._checkPersistent:
for fr in self._fuzzableRequests:
response = self._sendMutant( fr, analyze=False )
for mutant in self._xssMutants:
if response.getBody().count( mutant.getModValue() ):
v = vuln.vuln()
v.setURL( fr.getURL() )
v.setDc( fr.getDc() )
v.setMethod( fr.getMethod() )
v['permanent'] = True
v['oldMutant'] = mutant
if ( v['oldMutant'].getVar(), v['oldMutant'].getURL()) in self._reportedLtGt:
v['escapesLtGt'] = True
else:
v['escapesLtGt'] = False
if ( v['oldMutant'].getVar(), v['oldMutant'].getURL()) in self._reportedSimple:
v['escapesSingle'] = True
else:
v['escapesSingle'] = False
if ( v['oldMutant'].getVar(), v['oldMutant'].getURL()) in self._reportedDouble:
v['escapesDouble'] = True
else:
v['escapesDouble'] = False
v.setDesc( 'Permanent Cross Site Scripting was found at: ' + response.getURL() + ' . Using method: ' + v.getMethod() + '. The XSS was sent to the URL: ' + mutant.getURL()+ '. ' + mutant.printModValue() )
om.out.vulnerability( v.getDesc() )
v.setId( response.id )
kb.kb.append( self, 'xss', v )
break
self.printUniq( kb.kb.getData( 'xss', 'xss' ), 'VAR' )
def getOptionsXML(self):
'''
This method returns a XML containing the Options that the plugin has.
Using this XML the framework will build a window, a menu, or some other input method to retrieve
the info from the user. The XML has to validate against the xml schema file located at :
w3af/core/ui/userInterface.dtd
@return: XML with the plugin options.
'''
return '\
\
\
\
'
def setOptions( self, optionsMap ):
'''
This method sets all the options that are configured using the user interface
generated by the framework using the result of getOptionsXML().
@parameter OptionList: A dictionary with the options for the plugin.
@return: No value is returned.
'''
self._checkPersistent = optionsMap['checkPersistent']
def getPluginDeps( self ):
'''
@return: A list with the names of the plugins that should be runned before the
current one.
'''
return []
def getLongDesc( self ):
'''
@return: A DETAILED description of the plugin functions and features.
'''
return '''
This plugin finds Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.
One configurable parameters exist:
- checkPersistent
To find XSS bugs the plugin will send a set of java-scripts to every injection point, and search for that input in the
response. The parameter "checkPersistent" configures the plugin to store all data sent to the web application and
at the end, request all pages again searching for that input.
'''