This worked a treat, thanks. What does this mean though? So if I take
an example:

<input type=text name=p1 size=50 value=>

Now say I type ``onclick=alert(1) inside the text box this becomes..

<input type=text name=p1 size=50 value=``onclick=alert(1)>

Does this mean I'm saying - The value is Null (no value between the
backticks) followed by the event handler?

Also any ideas about Problem 2? How do you break out of something
enclosed in double quotes with the same character escapes as Problem
1?

Thanks
Arvind

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 2:30 PM, PortSwigger <mail (at) portswigger (dot) net [email concealed]> wrote:
> Have you checked whether backticks are allowed? IE interprets backticks in
> the same way as quotes. So you may be able to use something like:
>
> ``onclick=alert(1)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: listbounce (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed] [mailto:listbounce (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]] On
> Behalf Of arvind doraiswamy
> Sent: 28 May 2009 07:13
> To: webappsec (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]
> Subject: XSS - Double Quote break out and White Space filtered
>
> Hey Guys,
> We're trying to understand XSS Regex and evasion techniques better.
> We're stuck at 2 variations though.
>
> Problem 1:
> Here's what is allowed:
>
> ( ) : ; &
>
> Everything else is filtered or replaced. The HTML looks like this:
> <input type=text name=p1 size=50 value=>
>
> Note that the value isn't enclosed by quotes which means I can break
> out of it with a space with the event handling technique. However the
> problem again is that spaces are also caught and replaced with a
> blank. The same is true of " as well. The < and > are filtered as well
> which means we cant start a new tag either. So we're stuck. Now AFAIK
> these are the only ways to bypass a filter:
>
> a) Add another attribute to the Input tag
> b) Break out of the Input tag and add your own scripts
> c) Put in something in the value= which natively acts as a script (I'm
> not sure what)
>
> Is there anything else? How all can you perform XSS with < > " '
> (whitespace with all variants) all blocked off using any of the 3
> above methods?
>
> Problem 2:
> Everything in Problem 1 is blocked off including & as well. The input
> into a text box goes between " " this time though. So if I type "abc"
> it goes between the double quotes. This input is again used by a
> document.write(" ") between <script> </script> tags later in the page.
> So if I write abc in an input box , its echoed in 2 places - a) In the
> text box itself   b) In the document.write(" ") call later on the
> page. Effectively this means everything is treated as text in both
> places - this includes scripts, javascript: function pointer tricks
> everything. Remember I can't break out again due to the " becoming
> " and < > becoming < >. So how do you do this?
>
> All inputs/feedback are welcome. Please let me know if further inputs
> are needed.
>
> Thanks
> Arvind
>
>
>
>

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