full-disclosure - Ipswitch FTP XSS leads to FTP server compromise

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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:17:01 -0400
From: Jared DeMott <demottja@....edu>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Ipswitch FTP XSS leads to FTP server compromise

VDA Labs Advisory:
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Ipswitch FTP XSS leads to FTP server compromise.  The Vendor has been
notified, and given the PoC.

Synopsis:
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There is XSS vulnerability when the WS_FTP server logs client FTP
commands. All user commands are logged.  When the FTP command is invalid
(error), special characters are converted to HTML chars (< = &lt;, >  = 
&gt;), and logged.  However, when the FTP command is valid, there is no
sanity check.  Thus, it is possible to inject HTML and Javascript into
the log file.

The WS_FTP administration interface (IIS web application written in ASP)
has a view log option.  When logs are viewed, it is possible to steal
the administrator cookie, or even better, DIRECTLY create a new user (or
admin) account for FTP server.

We've created a little PoC that will create a new system administrator
account when the admin view logs.  The PoC is simple and injects an
<iframe> that leads to another html file that creates the new account.

Discovered by:
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John Harwold, VDA Labs, LLC

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