Okay so let's assume that there cany "anything" as the request. But
there has to be something that handles this request? If there is no
"handler" for request "<script>" Apache should return error page. And
what about protocol version? You didn't answer this question.
Regards Michal.
On 4/24/07, Richard Moore <rich@westpoint.ltd.uk> wrote:
Michal Majchrowicz wrote:
Hi.
I think that server should have a list of valid requests. In fact
Apache warns you sometimes that valid requests are:
"GET/POST/TRACE/OPTIONS". The solution that it just accepts everything
as request and protocol makes no sense. What kind of protocol is
It makes lots of sense as I said - protocols like WebDAV are
layered on top of HTTP and are implemented in apache using the
exact same API as PHP uses. They need to add methods like PROPFIND
etc. Unless they are required to define the exact set of verbs
supported by every page then there's no way to define a fixed
list.
I do however agree that it could be restricted to something like
[A-Z0-9]+ as I said.
Cheers
Rich.
"<script>"?
Regards Michal.
On 4/24/07, Richard Moore <rich@westpoint.ltd.uk> wrote:
Michal Majchrowicz wrote:
Hi.
I think now we can classify this as flaw in Apache. It accepts
requests that simply make no sense. Take a look at this example:
<script>alert(document.cookie);</script> /test.php
<script>alert(document.cookie);</script>
In some circumstances it may cause XSS vulnerability:
<?php
echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];
echo $_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL'];
?>
As Kradorex Xeron said, that's a flaw in the script. Apache needs
to let arbitrary verbs through to the PHP (or other server extension)
otherwise tools like webdav that require additional verbs could not
be implemented. It is possibly arguable that it should restrict the
verbs to a single alphanumeric string, but it certainly can't be
counted on to be just GET/POST etc.
Cheers
Rich.
I am now investigating other possible attacks.
Regards Michal Majchrowicz.
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