All Links in Two Topics of Indiatimes (indiatimes.com) Are Vulnerable to XSS (Cross Site Scripting) Attacks

All Links in Two Topics of Indiatimes (indiatimes.com) Are Vulnerable to XSS (Cross Site Scripting) Attacks 

(1) Domain Description:

http://www.indiatimes.com

"The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world according to Audit Bureau of Circulations (India). According to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2012, the Times of India is the most widely read English newspaper in India with a readership of 7.643 million. This ranks the Times of India as the top English daily in India by readership. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report 2012, Times of India was ranked 88th among India's most trusted brands and subsequently, according to the Brand Trust Report 2013, Times of India was ranked 100th among India's most trusted brands. In 2014 however, Times of India was ranked 174th among India's most trusted brands according to the Brand Trust Report 2014, a study conducted by Trust Research Advisory." (en.Wikipedia.org)

(2) Vulnerability description:

The web application indiatimes.com online website has a security problem. Hacker can exploit it by XSS bugs.

The code flaw occurs at Indiatimes's URL links. Indiatimes only filter part of the filenames in its website. All URLs under Indiatimes's "photogallery" and "top-llists" topics are affected. 

Indiatimes uses part of the links under "photogallery" and "top-llists" topics to construct its website content without any checking of those links at all. This mistake is very popular in nowaday websites. Developer is not security expert.

The vulnerability can be attacked without user login. Tests were performed on Mozilla Firefox (26.0) in Ubuntu (12.04) and Microsoft IE (9.0.15) in Windows 7.

POC Codes:

http://www.indiatimes.com/photogallery/">homeqingdao<img src=x onerror=prompt('justqdjing')>

http://www.indiatimes.com/top-lists/">singaporemanagementuniversity<img src=x onerror=prompt('justqdjing')>

http://www.indiatimes.com/photogallery/lifestyle/">astar<img src=x onerror=prompt('justqdjing')>

http://www.indiatimes.com/top-lists/technology/">nationaluniversityofsingapore<img src=x onerror=prompt('justqdjing')>

POC Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeJWu8_5BKU&feature=youtu.be

Blog Details:

http://securityrelated.blogspot.com/2014/11/two-topics-of-indiatimes-indiatimescom.html

What is XSS?

"Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks are a type of injection, in which malicious scripts are injected into otherwise benign and trusted web sites. XSS attacks occur when an attacker uses a web application to send malicious code, generally in the form of a browser side script, to a different end user. Flaws that allow these attacks to succeed are quite widespread and occur anywhere a web application uses input from a user within the output it generates without validating or encoding it." (OWASP)

(3) Vulnerability Disclosure:

The vulnerabilities were reported to Indiatimes in early September, 2014. However they are still unpatched.

Discovered and Reported by:

Wang Jing, Division of Mathematical Sciences (MAS), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. (@justqdjing)

http://www.tetraph.com/wangjing/

Related Articles:

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/91

http://lists.openwall.net/full-disclosure/2014/11/27/6

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.fulldisclosure/1256

https://progressive-comp.com/?l=full-disclosure&m=141705615327961&w=1

http://tetraph.blog.163.com/blog/static/234603051201501352218524/

http://www.techworm.net/2014/12/times-india-website-vulnerable-xss

https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2014120004

https://vulnerabilitypost.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/indiatimes-xss

http://diebiyi.com/articles/security/all-links-in-two-topics-of-indiatimes

http://www.inzeed.com/kaleidoscope/computer-security/all-links-in-two-topics-of-indiatimes

http://itsecurity.lofter.com/post/1cfbf9e7_54fc6c9

http://computerobsess.blogspot.com/2014/12/all-links-in-two-topics-of-indiatimes.html

http://whitehatview.tumblr.com/post/104310651681/times-of-india-website-vulnerable-to

http://www.tetraph.com/blog/computer-security/all-links-in-two-topics-of-indiatimes

The Weather Channel at Least 76.3% Links Vulnerable to XSS Attacks

The Weather Channel at Least 76.3% Links Vulnerable to XSS Attacks

Domain Description:

http://www.weather.com/

"The Weather Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television channel which broadcasts weather forecasts and weather-related news and analyses, along with documentaries and entertainment programming related to weather.  Launched on May 2, 1982, the channel broadcasts weather forecasts and weather-related news and analysis, along with documentaries and entertainment programming related to weather."

"As of February 2015, The Weather Channel was received by approximately 97.3 million American households that subscribe to a pay television service (83.6% of U.S. households with at least one television set), which gave it the highest national distribution of any U.S. cable channel. However, it was subsequently dropped by Verizon FiOS (losing its approximately 5.5 millions subscribers), giving the title of most distributed network to HLN. Actual viewership of the channel averaged 210,000 during 2013 and has been declining for several years. Content from The Weather Channel is available for purchase from the NBCUniversal Archives." (Wikipedia)

Vulnerability description:

The Weather Channel has a cyber security problem. Hacker can exploit it by XSS bugs.

Almost all links under the domain weather.com are vulnerable to XSS attacks. Attackers just need to add script at the end of The Weather Channel's URLs. Then the scripts will be executed.

10 thousands of Links were tested based a self-written tool. During the tests, 76.3% of links belong to weather.com were vulnerable to XSS attacks.

The reason of this vulnerability is that Weather Channel uses URLs to construct its HTML tags without filtering malicious script codes. 

The vulnerability can be attacked without user login. Tests were performed on Firefox (34.0) in Ubuntu (14.04) and IE (9.0.15) in Windows 8.

POC Codes, e.g.

http://www.weather.com/slideshows/main/"--/>"><img src=x onerror=prompt('justqdjing')>

http://www.weather.com/home-garden/home/white-house-lawns-20140316%22--/"--/>"><img src=x onerror=prompt('justqdjing')>t%28%27justqdjing%27%29%3E

http://www.weather.com/news/main/"><img src=x onerror=prompt('justqdjing')>

POC Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij78WnzKB4M&feature=youtu.be

Blog Details:

http://securityrelated.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-weather-channel-weather.html

The Weather Channel has patched this Vulnerability in late November, 2014 (last Week).  "The Full Disclosure mailing list is a public forum for detailed discussion of vulnerabilities and exploitation techniques, as well as tools, papers, news, and events of interest to the community. FD differs from other security lists in its open nature and support for researchers' right to decide how to disclose their own discovered bugs. The full disclosure movement has been credited with forcing vendors to better secure their products and to publicly acknowledge and fix flaws rather than hide them. Vendor legal intimidation and censorship attempts are not tolerated here!" A great many of the fllowing web securities have been published here, Buffer overflow, HTTP Response Splitting (CRLF), CMD Injection, SQL injection, Phishing, Cross-site scripting, CSRF, Cyber-attack, Unvalidated Redirects and Forwards, Information Leakage, Denial of Service, File Inclusion, Weak Encryption, Privilege Escalation, Directory Traversal, HTML Injection, Spam. This bug was published at The Full Disclosure in November, 2014.

Discovered by:

Jing Wang, Division of Mathematical Sciences (MAS), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. (@justqdjing)

http://www.tetraph.com/wangjing

More Details:

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/89

http://lists.openwall.net/full-disclosure/2014/11/27/3

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.fulldisclosure/1253

https://progressive-comp.com/?l=full-disclosure&m=141705578527909&w=1

http://whitehatview.tumblr.com/post/104313615841/the-weather-channel-flaw

http://www.inzeed.com/kaleidoscope/xss-vulnerability/the-weather-channel-exploit

http://diebiyi.com/articles/security/the-weather-channel-bug

http://whitehatpost.lofter.com/post/1cc773c8_6f2d4a8

https://vulnerabilitypost.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/the-weather-channel-flaw

http://tetraph.blog.163.com/blog/static/234603051201411475314523/

http://tetraph.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-weather-channel-xss.html

http://ithut.tumblr.com/post/121916595448/weather-channel-xss

https://mathfas.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/the-weather-channel-weather-bug

http://computerobsess.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-weather-channel-xss.html

http://www.tetraph.com/blog/xss-vulnerability/the-weather-channel-bug

OSVDB 119342, 119323 NetCat CMS Multiple HTTP Response Splitting (CRLF) Web Security Vulnerabilities

OSVDB 119342, 119323 NetCat CMS Multiple HTTP Response Splitting (CRLF) Web Security Vulnerabilities

Exploit Title: NetCat CMS Multiple CRLF Security Vulnerabilities

Product: NetCat CMS (Content Management System)

Vendor: NetCat

Vulnerable Versions: 5.01   3.12   3.0   2.4   2.3   2.2   2.1   2.0   1.1

Tested Version: 3.12

Advisory Publication: March 07, 2015

Latest Update: March  07, 2015

Vulnerability Type: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection') [CWE-93]

CVE Reference: *

OSVDB Reference: 119342, 119343

Impact CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type: Allows unauthorized modification

Discover and Author: Jing Wang, Division of Mathematical Sciences (MAS), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. (@justqdjing)

Advisory Details:

(1) Vendor & Product Description:

Vendor:

NetCat

Product & Version:

NetCat

5.01   3.12   3.0   2.4   2.3   2.2   2.1   2.0   1.1

Vendor URL & Download:

NetCat can be got from here,

http://netcat.ru/

Product Introduction:

NetCat.ru is russian local company. "NetCat designed to create an absolute majority of the types of sites: from simple "business card" with a minimum content to complex web-based systems, from corporate offices to online stores, libraries or media data - in other words, projects completely different directions and at any level of complexity. View examples of sites running on NetCat CMS can be in a special section."

"Manage the site on the basis of NetCat can even inexperienced user, because it does not require knowledge of Internet technologies, programming and markup languages. NetCat constantly improving, adds new features. In the process of finalizing necessarily take into account the wishes of our partners and clients, as well as trends in Internet development. More than 2,000 studios and private web developers have chosen for their projects is NetCat, and in 2013 sites, successfully working on our CMS, created more than 18,000."

(2) Vulnerability Details:

NetCat web application has a computer security bug problem. It can be exploited by HTTP Response Splitting (CRLF) attacks. This could allow a remote attacker to insert arbitrary HTTP headers, which are included in a response sent to the server. If an application does not properly filter such a request, it could be used to inject additional headers that manipulate cookies, authentication status, or more.

Several other similar products 0-day vulnerabilities have been found by some other bug hunter researchers before. NetCat has patched some of them. CXSECurity is a huge collection of information on data communications safety. Its main objective is to inform about errors in various applications. It also publishes suggestions, advisories, solutions details related to CRLF vulnerabilities and cyber intelligence recommendations.

(2.1) The first code flaw occurs at "/post.php" page with "redirect_url" parameter by adding "%0d%0a%20".

(2.2) The second code flaw occurs at "redirect.php?" page with "url" parameter by adding "%0d%0a%20".

References:
http://www.osvdb.org/show/osvdb/119342

http://www.osvdb.org/show/osvdb/119343

http://lists.openwall.net/full-disclosure/2015/03/07/3

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/36

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=142576233403004&w=4

https://www.mail-archive.com/fulldisclosure%40seclists.org/msg01768.html

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.fulldisclosure/1676

http://securityrelated.blogspot.com/2015/03/netcat-cms-multiple-http-response.html

http://essayjeans.blog.163.com/blog/static/23717307420155142423197/

http://computerobsess.blogspot.com/2015/06/osvdb-119342-netcat-crlf.html

http://diebiyi.com/articles/bugs/netcat-cms-crlf

http://tetraph.blog.163.com/blog/static/234603051201551423749286/

https://webtechwire.wordpress.com/2015/03/14/osvdb-119342-netcat-crlf/

https://itswift.wordpress.com/2015/03/07/netcat-cms-multiple-http-re

http://tetraph.com/security/http-response-splitting-vulnerability/netcat-cms-multiple

http://www.inzeed.com/kaleidoscope/computer-web-security/netcat-cms

CVE-2014-9468 InstantASP InstantForum.NET Multiple XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) Web Security Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-9468 InstantASP InstantForum.NET Multiple XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) Web Security Vulnerabilities

Exploit Title: InstantASP InstantForum.NET Multiple XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) Web Security Vulnerabilities

Product: InstantForum.NET

Vendor: InstantASP

Vulnerable Versions: v4.1.3   v4.1.1   v4.1.2   v4.0.0   v4.1.0   v3.4.0

Tested Version: v4.1.3   v4.1.1   v4.1.2

Advisory Publication: February 18, 2015

Latest Update: April 05, 2015

Vulnerability Type: Cross-Site Scripting [CWE-79]

CVE Reference: CVE-2014-9468

Impact CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type: Allows unauthorized modification

Discover and Reporter: Jing Wang [School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore] (@justqdjing)

Preposition Details:

(1) Vendor & Product Description:

Vendor:

InstantASP

Product & Version:

InstantForum.NET

v4.1.3   v4.1.1   v4.1.2   v4.0.0   v4.1.0   v3.4.0

Vendor URL & Download:

InstantForum.NET can be purchased from here,

http://docs.instantasp.co.uk/InstantForum/default.html?page=v413tov414guide.html

Product Introduction Overview:

“InstantForum.NET is a feature rich, ultra high performance ASP.NET & SQL Server discussion forum solution designed to meet the needs of the most demanding online communities or internal collaboration environments. Now in the forth generation, InstantForum.NET has been completely rewritten from the ground-up over several months to introduce some truly unique features & performance enhancements."

"The new administrator control panel now offers the most comprehensive control panel available for any ASP.NET based forum today. Advanced security features such as role based permissions and our unique Permission Sets feature provides unparalleled configurable control over the content and features that are available to your users within the forum. Moderators can easily be assigned to specific forums with dedicated moderator privileges for each forum. Bulk moderation options ensure even the busiest forums can be managed effectively by your moderators."

"The forums template driven skinning architecture offers complete customization support. Each skin can be customized to support a completely unique layout or visual appearance. A single central style sheet controls every aspect of a skins appearance. The use of unique HTML wrappers and ASP.NET 1.1 master pages ensures page designers can easily integrate an existing design around the forum. Skins, wrappers & master page templates can be applied globally to all forums or to any specific forum."

(2) Vulnerability Details:

InstantForum.NET web application has a cyber security bug problem. It can be exploited by stored XSS attacks. This may allow a remote attacker to create a specially crafted request that would execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session within the trust relationship between their browser and the server.

Several other similar products 0-day vulnerabilities have been found by some other bug hunter researchers before. InstantForum has patched some of them. BugScan is the first community-based scanner, experienced five code refactoring. It has redefined the concept of the scanner provides sources for the latest info-sec news, tools, and advisories. It also publishs suggestions, advisories, cyber intelligence, attack defense and solutions details related to important vulnerabilities.

(2.1) The first programming code flaw occurs at "&SessionID" parameter in “Join.aspx?” page.

(2.2) The second programming code flaw occurs at "&SessionID" parameter in “Logon.aspx?” page.

References:

https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-9468

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9468

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/authors/11717

http://marc.info/?a=139222176300014&r=1&w=4

https://progressive-comp.com/?a=139222176300014&r=1&w=1%E2%80%8B

http://lists.openwall.net/full-disclosure/2015/02/18/7

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.fulldisclosure/1608

https://www.mail-archive.com/fulldisclosure%40seclists.org/msg01704.html

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/70

https://mathfas.wordpress.com/2015/05/13/cve-2014-9468/

http://www.tetraph.com/blog/cves/cve-2014-9468/

https://www.facebook.com/tetraph/posts/1650055075214452

http://computerobsess.blogspot.com/2015/05/cve-2014-9468-instantasp.html

http://tetraph.blogspot.com/2015/05/cve-2014-9468.html

http://guyuzui.lofter.com/post/1ccdcda4_6f0ba81

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JingWang-tetraph-justqdjing/posts/R3Mc7T4zxTj

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1623694467849030&id=1567915086760302

https://twitter.com/justqdjing/status/598424496396046336

http://tetraph.tumblr.com/post/118852991427/cve-2014-9468-instantasp-instantforum-net-multiple

http://mathdaily.lofter.com/post/1cc75b20_6f10e07

https://tetraph.wordpress.com/2015/05/13/cve-2014-9468/

http://whitehatview.tumblr.com/post/118853357881/tetraph-cve-2014-9468-instantasp