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HACKING WITH JAVASCRIPT
Dr_aMado Sun, 11 Apr 2004 16:40:13 UTC
This tutorial is an overview of how javascript can be used to bypass
simple/advanced html forms and how it can be used to override cookie/session
authentication.
SIMPLE HTML FORMS
1. Bypassing Required Fields
Surely you have met a webpage that requires you to fill all fields in a form
in order to submit it. It is possible to bypass these types of restrictions
on any webpage. If you take a look at the webpage's source and follow it
down to the form's code, you will notice the onsubmit form attribute.
Hopefully by this time you have experienced the power of javascript and you
know that javascript has control over every single element in a webpage,
including forms.We can use javascript to our advantage in every page we view
for we can modify, delete, or add any element to the webpage. In this case
we wish to clear the form's onsubmit attribute in order for the form to be
submitted successfully.
The onsubmit attribute generally points to a function that checks the form
to have the correct format. A function that does this may look something
like this:
function formSubmit(x)
{
if(x.email.valu e=="") return false;
return true;
}
....
<form name="spamform" method=post action="process .php" onsubmit="retur n
formSubmit(this );">
....
</form>
I will not go into great detail about how the formSubmit function works. You
should know that if the (textfield/optionfield/option/..) field is left
blank, the form will not be submitted to process.php. Now comes the moment
of truth, how do we modify the form so that onsubmit returns true everytime?
The way we can access the form with javascript and do this is:
document.forms[x].onsubmit="retu rn true;";
or
document.spamfo rm.onsubmit="re turn true;";
Both of these 'queries' will allow you to submit the form free of
restrictions. The secret is how to execute this. I do this using my
browser's Location bar. All you have to do is enter this text into the
location bar and press enter:
javascript:docu ment.spamform.o nsubmit="return true;";
The above statement will not work because the 'query' will return a value
javascript doesn't know what to do with it so it dumps the returned value on
the screen. We need a way to use this value and escape it from passing on to
javascript. I know the exact way to do this, with alert()!
javascript:aler t(document.spam form.onsubmit=" return true;");
You will see an alertbox with "return true;" instead of dumping this value
out to the webbrowser. Once you have executed this query you will be able to
enter whatever value into whatever field in spamform.
2. Changing Fields' Values
If you have managed to change a form's onsubmit attribute to let you do
whatever the you want, what are the limits? Of course now you know that you
can modify the onsubmit attribute of a form from the location bar, same goes
for any attributes of any object in the page. This is how you can do it:
javascript:aler t(document.spam form.fieldname. value="Dr_aMado was here!");
or
javascript:aler t(document.form s[x].fieldname.valu e="Dr_aMado was here!");
But of course, you already knew that. Didn't you? You can change the values
of pretty much anything inside a form, including radios, checkboxes,
selects, hidden values, buttons, anything!
SQL INJECTIONS
1. Using Forms to Your Advantage
You probably already know about sql injection, my goal is to explain how
vulnerable forms can be if not handled correctly. When targeting a system,
most times you will start off with 0 code to exploit. The only thing you
have is a constructed webpage to break to pieces and successfully find
vulnerabilities to use to your advantage.
ACQUIRING DATABASE INFORMATION
A very logic way of acquiring system information from a website's database
is by causing errors in the sql queries. These errors can be created through
search forms, dynamic links, or session cookies. Most sql injection papers
explain how dynamic links and text boxes can be used to execute sql queries
but in my opinion, this vulnurability is more common in other input types
(select boxes, hidden fields, checkboxes and radio buttons, and cookies!).
Mixing data types generally crashes a webpage if it's not well coded. Take
for example a link to "memberinfo.php ?o_id=1". If your goal is to crash that
page it would be a good idea to stick in a " or a ' in the o_id variable. If
you're lucky you will get a debug message containing the crippled sql query.
After you have all the information you need and you know what you're going
after you're ready to hack the hell out of every page that you have access
to.
CHANGING FIELDS' VALUES
The first form you think of is the profile page. Most profile pages ignore a
user's intellectuals and don't mask out,for example, select boxes. A way of
exploiting this vulnerability is by injecting a sql query in the value
property of the field.
javascript:aler t(document.prof ileform.user_se x.value="gay\', user_pasword=\' H
ACKED\' WHERE user_id=1#");
If we assume that the server side sql query looks something like this:
"UPDATE user_data SET
user_password=' $user_password' ,user_email='$u ser_email',user _sex='$user_sex '
WHERE user_id=$user_i d";
Then the final query will look somewhat like this:
"UPDATE user_data SET
user_password=' mypassword',use r_email='myemai l',user_sex='ga y',user_passwor d
='HACKED' WHERE
user_id=1 #' WHERE user_id=7382";
# Is a sql comment operator.
2. Bypassing Session Cookies
OVERRIDING BASIC SESSION COOKIE AUTHENTICATION
Most of the time session handling is done with the use of cookies. The
cookies tell the webpage who you are and what you have access to and what
you don't have access to. If the page does not handle session cookies
correctly a hacker might be able to change their identity to that of another
user's. Cookies are stored in "window.documen t.cookie". With javascript we
are able to erase,edit,crea te cookies for any website. This task is more
complicated than regular types of attacks. I will not go into great detail
about how it's done.
To View the Cookie:
javascript:aler t(unescape(docu ment.cookie));
To Change Cookie Data:
javascript:aler t(window.c=func tion
a(n,v,nv){c=doc ument.cookie;c= c.substring(c.i ndexOf(n)+n.len gth,c.length);c =
c.substring(1,( (c.indexOf(";") >-1) ? c.indexOf(";") :
c.length));nc=u nescape(c).repl ace(v,nv);docum ent.cookie=n+"= "+escape(nc);re t
urn unescape(docume nt.cookie);});a lert(c(prompt(" cookie
name:",""),prom pt("replace this value:",""),pro mpt("with::","" )));
So If You are logged in as "John Doe" in www.ima13370h4x0r.net and your
session cookie reads:
SessionData=a:3 :{s:11:"Session User";s:5:"7595 9";s:9:"Session ID";i:70202768; s
:9:"LastVisit"; i:1078367189;}
The cookie is actually serialized but you should be able to recognize
"75959" as your user_id. Some of the time you will find a website that
stores data (like user_id) in cookies but does not typecast the data. This
is a serious hole in the site's code because any user is able to change
their user_id to any other user or administrator user_id.
Changing the cookie value is easy once you have declared the window.c
function. First change s:5:"75959" to s:x:"ADMINID" where x is the length of
the new value. So if you want to change 75959 to 1. You must change
s:5:"75959" to s:1:"1" :-) Sometimes you will need to change 75959 to "13 or
1=1" in order to bypass any WHERE statements any sql session queries used to
keep you logged in the website.
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Notes:
In-line javascript statements can be added to your browser's favorites for
easier access to your own functions.
It is possible to declare your own functions for use in extended hacks.
Declare the function as a method of window. "alert(window.n ewfunction =
function (){...})"
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