One of the most typical web application security vulnerabilities Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). What does it mean to Developer?
How they are important? What should we keep in mind? How could we prevent this to some extend as Developer? How Attackers proceed? Many mores..
One of the most typical web application security vulnerabilities Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). What does it mean to Developer?
How they are important? What should we keep in mind? How could we prevent this to some extend as Developer? How Attackers proceed? Many mores..
Cross site scripting (XSS) is a type of computer security vulnerability typically found in web applications, but in proposing defensive measures for cross site scripting the websites validate the user input and determine if they are vulnerable to cross site scripting. The major considerations are input validation and output sanitization.
There are lots of defense techniques introduced nowadays and even though the coding methods used by developers are evolving to counter attack cross site scripting techniques, still the security threat persist in many web applications for the following reasons:
• The complexity of implementing the codes or methods.
• Non-existence of input data validation and output sanitization in all input fields of the application.
• Lack of knowledge in identifying hidden XSS issues etc.
This proposed project report will briefly discuss what cross site scripting is and highlight the security features and defense techniques that can help against this widely versatile attack.
This presentation covers the Cross site scripting attacks and defences in web applications, this talk was delivered as part of OWASP Hyderabad Chapter meet. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
This presentation explores on how to test Cross site scripting Injection Vulnerabilities, prevention, Best practice, small lab(introduction to web
goat) etc.
Cross site scripting (XSS) is a type of computer security vulnerability typically found in web applications, but in proposing defensive measures for cross site scripting the websites validate the user input and determine if they are vulnerable to cross site scripting. The major considerations are input validation and output sanitization.
There are lots of defense techniques introduced nowadays and even though the coding methods used by developers are evolving to counter attack cross site scripting techniques, still the security threat persist in many web applications for the following reasons:
• The complexity of implementing the codes or methods.
• Non-existence of input data validation and output sanitization in all input fields of the application.
• Lack of knowledge in identifying hidden XSS issues etc.
This proposed project report will briefly discuss what cross site scripting is and highlight the security features and defense techniques that can help against this widely versatile attack.
This presentation covers the Cross site scripting attacks and defences in web applications, this talk was delivered as part of OWASP Hyderabad Chapter meet. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
This presentation explores on how to test Cross site scripting Injection Vulnerabilities, prevention, Best practice, small lab(introduction to web
goat) etc.
With the increased number of web applications, web security is be- coming more and more significant. Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability, abbreviated as XSS, is a common web vulnerability. Exploiting XSS vulnerabilities can cause hijacked user sessions, malicious code injec- tions into web applications, and critical information stealing. This article gives brief information about XSS, discusses its types, and de- signs a demo website to demonstrate attack processes of common XSS exploitation scenarios. The article also shows how to prevent XSS at- tacks with code illustrations.
Abstract
With the increased number of web applications, web security is be- coming more and more significant. Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability, abbreviated as XSS, is a common web vulnerability. Exploiting XSS vulnerabilities can cause hijacked user sessions, malicious code injec- tions into web applications, and critical information stealing. This article gives brief information about XSS, discusses its types, and de- signs a demo website to demonstrate attack processes of common XSS exploitation scenarios. The article also shows how to prevent XSS at- tacks with code illustrations.
This presentation is from Null/OWASP/G4H November Bangalore MeetUp 2014.
technology.inmobi.com/events/null-owasp-g4h-november-meetup
Talk Outline:-
A) Reflective-(Non-Persistent Cross-site Scripting)
- What is Reflective Cross-site scripting.
- Testing for Reflected Cross site scripting
How to Test
- Black Box testing
- Bypass XSS filters
- Gray Box testing
Tools
Defending Against Reflective Cross-site scripting.
Examples of Reflective Cross-Site Scripting Attacks.
B) Stored -(Persistent Cross-site Scripting)
What is Stored Cross-site scripting.
How to Test
- Black Box testing
- Gray Box testing
Tools
Defending Against Stored Cross-site scripting.
Examples of Stored Cross-Site Scripting Attacks.
Introduction to Cross Site Scripting ( XSS )Irfad Imtiaz
Contents :
- Introduction
- Description as A Widely Used Hacking Technique
- How it is used in Hacking
- What can be done with XSS
#XSS, #Hacking, #Security, #CookieStealing, #InternetBug, #HTMLInjection
Sincerely,
Irfad Imtiaz
A Survey of Exploitation and Detection Methods of XSS Vulnerabilities.pptxGitam Gadtaula
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Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
inject JavaScript into web pages.
The data enters the Web application through an
untrusted source, most frequently is a web request.
The data is included in dynamic content that is sent to a
web user without being validated for malicious code.
The malicious content sent to the web browser often
takes the form of a segment of JavaScript, but may
also include HTML, Flash or any other type of code
that the browser may execute.
There are 3 types of XSS: Stored, Reflected and DOM
DOM XSS
DOM-based XSS, the malicious JavaScript is executed
after the page has loaded, as a result of the page's
legitimate JavaScript treating user input in an unsafe
way.
(locally in the browser, doesn’t relate to the server at
all)
Stored XSS
Stored XSS attack is the most powerful XSS, because it
is Stored on the web server, everyone who gets into the
page where the XSS is stored is vulnerable.
Blog is one of the examples for Stored XSS injection.
Reflected XSS
reflected XSS attack, the malicious string is part of the
victim's request to the website. The website includes
the malicious string in the response when sent back to
the user.
Search Engine is one of the examples for Reflected XSS
injection.
3. DOM XSS - Example
Example:
Edit the script and add the following.
<b onmouseover="alert('DOM
XSS')">XSS link</b>
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When you slide your mouse on
the text “XSS link” the XSS will be
activated.
4. Reflected XSS - Example
Example:
The method is GET, It means we can see
the variable at the URL.
For example in the URL below, we have 2
variables (firstname ,lastname).
http://example.com/bWAPP/xss_get.ph
p?firstname=hackeru&lastname=hacker
u&form=submit
We need to inject the script in one of
the variables to execute the attack.
“><script>alert(‘Reflected XSS’)</script>
http://example.com
/bWAPP/xss_get.php?firstname=“><scri
pt>alert('Reflected+XSS')</script>&lastn
ame=1&form=submit
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5. Stored XSS - Example
Example:
Blog is one of the best examples of
Stored XSS because everything is stored
on the server.
To execute this attack all you need to do
is submit the following script to the
WebServer.
<script>alert('Stored XSS')</script>
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XSS Prevention
Protection
To Prevent XSS, use htmlentities
function on the output variables.
Htmlentities encodes the special
characters.
htmlentities prevents the xss from
running, for example by encoding
the special characters(<> are
replaced to <(lowerthan) and
>(greaterthan)) in that way,
without those special characters,
the server cant parse the content as
javascript.
Htmlentities encoding Example:
Example:
<?php
$str = “<b>bold</b>”;
// Outputs: <b>bold</b>
echo htmlentities($str);
?>