Apple Cross Site Scripting

`Title:  
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Apple Website - Non Persistent Cross Site Vulnerability  
  
  
Date:  
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2011-10-07  
  
  
References:  
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http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=289  
  
  
VL-ID:  
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289  
  
  
Introduction:  
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Our communities are filled with thousands of Mac, iPod, iPhone and iPad users from around the world.  
Begin by finding the community focused on your product or topic. Browse the threads for answers, ask   
a question or help out by answering questions. Get an answer quickly. Like or reply to any post. You ll   
be notified by email if anyone replies to your posts. Ask the community and easily track responses.  
Help community members get the most out of their products. Get only the content you want in one place.  
  
(Copy of the Vendor Homepage: https://discussions.apple.com/static/apple/tutorial/welcome.html )  
  
  
Abstract:  
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Vulnerability-Lab Team (Alexander F.) discovered a non-persistent input validation vulnerability on the famous Apple vendor website.  
  
  
Report-Timeline:  
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2011-10-05: Vendor Notification  
2011-10-06: Vendor Response/Feedback  
2011-10-07: Vendor Fix/Patch  
2011-10-07: Public or Non-Public Disclosure  
  
  
Status:  
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Published  
  
  
Affected Products:  
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Apple Website - 2011/Q3  
  
  
Exploitation-Technique:  
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Remote  
  
  
Severity:  
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Medium  
  
  
Details:  
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A non-persistent cross site scripting vulnerability is detected on the famous Apple vendor website portal.   
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability allows an attacker to hijack user/mod/admin sessions of the portal.  
  
Vulnerable Module(s):  
[+] Exception-Handling - We are Sorry  
  
Picture(s):  
../1.png  
../2.png  
  
  
Proof of Concept:  
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The vulnerabilities can be exploited by remote attackers with required user inter action. For demonstration or reproduce ...  
  
PoC:  
<!-- BEGIN main body -->  
<div id="jive-body-main">  
<!-- BEGIN main body column -->  
<div id="jive-body-maincol-container">  
<div id="jive-body-maincol">   
<h1 class="apple-account-issue-reported">We're sorry.</h1>   
<div id="apple-sso-error">  
><iframe src="http://www.vulnerability-lab.com" onload="alert(vulnerabilitylab)" height="800px" width="900px"> <=[x]   
</div><div id="apple-sso-home">  
Return to   
<a href="https://discussions.apple.com">Apple Support Communities</a>.   
</div>  
</div>  
</div>  
<!-- END main body column -->  
</div>  
<!-- END main body -->   
</div>   
<div class="clear"></div>   
<div class="boot"></div>   
</div><!--/content-->   
</div><!--/#main-->  
  
  
Reference(s):  
../apple-sso-error.txt  
../sso-error!home.jspa  
  
  
Risk:  
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The security risk of the reflective xss vulnerabilities are estimated as medium(-).  
  
  
Credits:  
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Vulnerability Research Laboratory - Alexander Fuchs (f0X23)  
  
  
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