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Content Security Policy (CSP) is recognized as a browser technology, primarily aimed at **shielding against attacks such as cross-site scripting (XSS)**. It functions by defining and detailing paths and sources from which resources can be securely loaded by the browser. These resources encompass a range of elements such as images, frames, and JavaScript. For instance, a policy might permit the loading and execution of resources from the same domain (self), including inline resources and the execution of string code through functions like `eval`, `setTimeout`, or `setInterval`.
Implementation of CSP is conducted through **response headers** or by incorporating **meta elements into the HTML page**. Following this policy, browsers proactively enforce these stipulations and immediately block any detected violations.
*`Content-Security-Policy`: Enforces the CSP; the browser blocks any violations.
*`Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only`: Used for monitoring; reports violations without blocking them. Ideal for testing in pre-production environments.
CSP restricts the origins for loading both active and passive content, controlling aspects like inline JavaScript execution and the use of `eval()`. An example policy is:
* **script-src**: Allows specific sources for JavaScript, including URLs, inline scripts, and scripts triggered by event handlers or XSLT stylesheets.
* **default-src**: Sets a default policy for fetching resources when specific fetch directives are absent.
* **child-src**: Specifies allowed resources for web workers and embedded frame contents.
* **connect-src**: Restricts URLs which can be loaded using interfaces like fetch, WebSocket, XMLHttpRequest.
* **frame-src**: Restricts URLs for frames.
* **frame-ancestors**: Specifies which sources can embed the current page, applicable to elements like `<frame>`, `<iframe>`, `<object>`, `<embed>`, and `<applet>`.
* **img-src**: Defines allowed sources for images.
* **font-src**: Specifies valid sources for fonts loaded using `@font-face`.
* **manifest-src**: Defines allowed sources of application manifest files.
* **media-src**: Defines allowed sources for loading media objects.
* **object-src**: Defines allowed sources for `<object>`, `<embed>`, and `<applet>` elements.
* **base-uri**: Specifies allowed URLs for loading using `<base>` elements.
* **form-action**: Lists valid endpoints for form submissions.
* **plugin-types**: Restricts mime types that a page may invoke.
* **upgrade-insecure-requests**: Instructs browsers to rewrite HTTP URLs to HTTPS.
* **sandbox**: Applies restrictions similar to the sandbox attribute of an `<iframe>`.
* **report-to**: Specifies a group to which a report will be sent if the policy is violated.
* **worker-src**: Specifies valid sources for Worker, SharedWorker, or ServiceWorker scripts.
* **prefetch-src**: Specifies valid sources for resources that will be fetched or prefetched.
* **navigate-to**: Restricts the URLs to which a document can navigate by any means (a, form, window.location, window.open, etc.)
### Sources
*`*`: Allows all URLs except those with `data:`, `blob:`, `filesystem:` schemes.
*`'self'`: Allows loading from the same domain.
*`'data'`: Allows resources to be loaded via the data scheme (e.g., Base64 encoded images).
*`'none'`: Blocks loading from any source.
*`'unsafe-eval'`: Allows the use of `eval()` and similar methods, not recommended for security reasons.
*`'unsafe-hashes'`: Enables specific inline event handlers.
*`'unsafe-inline'`: Allows the use of inline resources like inline `<script>` or `<style>`, not recommended for security reasons.
*`'nonce'`: A whitelist for specific inline scripts using a cryptographic nonce (number used once).
*`'sha256-<hash>'`: Whitelists scripts with a specific sha256 hash.
*`'strict-dynamic'`: Allows loading scripts from any source if it has been whitelisted by a nonce or hash.
*`'host'`: Specifies a specific host, like `example.com`.
*`https:`: Restricts URLs to those that use HTTPS.
*`blob:`: Allows resources to be loaded from Blob URLs (e.g., Blob URLs created via JavaScript).
*`filesystem:`: Allows resources to be loaded from the filesystem.
*`'report-sample'`: Includes a sample of the violating code in the violation report (useful for debugging).
*`'strict-origin'`: Similar to 'self' but ensures the protocol security level of the sources matches the document (only secure origins can load resources from secure origins).
*`'strict-origin-when-cross-origin'`: Sends full URLs when making same-origin requests but only sends the origin when the request is cross-origin.
*`'unsafe-allow-redirects'`: Allows resources to be loaded that will immediately redirect to another resource. Not recommended as it weakens security.
If you can somehow make an **allowed JS code created a new script tag** in the DOM with your JS code, because an allowed script is creating it, the **new script tag will be allowed to be executed**.
Moreover, even if you could upload a **JS code inside** a file using an extension accepted by the server (like: _script.png_) this won't be enough because some servers like apache server **select MIME type of the file based on the extension** and browsers like Chrome will **reject to execute Javascript** code inside something that should be an image. "Hopefully", there are mistakes. For example, from a CTF I learnt that **Apache doesn't know** the _**.wave**_ extension, therefore it doesn't serve it with a **MIME type like audio/\***.
From here, if you find a XSS and a file upload, and you manage to find a **misinterpreted extension**, you could try to upload a file with that extension and the Content of the script. Or, if the server is checking the correct format of the uploaded file, create a polyglot ([some polyglot examples here](https://github.com/Polydet/polyglot-database)).
#### Payloads using Angular + a library with functions that return the `window` object ([check out this post](https://blog.huli.tw/2022/09/01/en/angularjs-csp-bypass-cdnjs/)):
{% hint style="info" %}
The post shows that you could **load** all **libraries** from `cdn.cloudflare.com` (or any other allowed JS libraries repo), execute all added functions from each library, and check **which functions from which libraries return the `window` object**.
According to [**this CTF writeup**](https://blog-huli-tw.translate.goog/2023/07/28/google-zer0pts-imaginary-ctf-2023-writeup/?\_x\_tr\_sl=es&\_x\_tr\_tl=en&\_x\_tr\_hl=es&\_x\_tr\_pto=wapp#noteninja-3-solves) you can abuse [https://www.google.com/recaptcha/](https://www.google.com/recaptcha/) inside a CSP to execute arbitrary JS code bypassing the CSP:
Scenarios like this where `script-src` is set to `self` and a particular domain which is whitelisted can be bypassed using JSONP. JSONP endpoints allow insecure callback methods which allow an attacker to perform XSS, working payload:
The same vulnerability will occur if the **trusted endpoint contains an Open Redirect** because if the initial endpoint is trusted, redirects are trusted.
As described in the [following post](https://sensepost.com/blog/2023/dress-code-the-talk/#bypasses), there are many third party domains, that might be allowed somewhere in the CSP, can be abused to either exfiltrate data or execute JavaScript code. Some of these third-parties are:
| Google Firebase | *.firebaseapp.com | Exfil, Exec |
If you find any of the allowed domains in the CSP of your target, chances are that you might be able to bypass the CSP by registering on the third-party service and, either exfiltrate data to that service or to execute code.
You should be able to exfiltrate data, similarly as it has always be done with [Google Analytics](https://www.humansecurity.com/tech-engineering-blog/exfiltrating-users-private-data-using-google-analytics-to-bypass-csp)/[Google Tag Manager](https://blog.deteact.com/csp-bypass/). In this case, you follow these general steps:
1. Create a new "Facebook Login" app and select "Website".
1. Go to "Settings -> Basic" and get your "App ID"
1. In the target site you want to exfiltrate data from, you can exfiltrate data by directly using the Facebook SDK gadget "fbq" through a "customEvent" and the data payload.
1. Go to your App "Event Manager" and select the application you created (note the event manager could be found in an URL similar to this: https://www.facebook.com/events_manager2/list/pixel/[app-id]/test_events
1. Select the tab "Test Events" to see the events being sent out by "your" web site.
Then, on the victim side, you execute the following code to initialize the Facebook tracking pixel to point to the attacker's Facebook developer account app-id and issue a custom event like this:
As for the other seven third-party domains specified in the previous table, there are many other ways you can abuse them. Refer to the previously [blog post](https://sensepost.com/blog/2023/dress-codethe-talk/#bypasses) for additional explanations about other third-party abuses.
In addition to the aforementioned redirection to bypass path restrictions, there is another technique called Relative Path Overwrite (RPO) that can be used on some servers.
For example, if CSP allows the path `https://example.com/scripts/react/`, it can be bypassed as follows:
The browser will ultimately load `https://example.com/scripts/angular/angular.js`.
This works because for the browser, you are loading a file named `..%2fangular%2fangular.js` located under `https://example.com/scripts/react/`, which is compliant with CSP.
∑, they will decode it, effectively requesting `https://example.com/scripts/react/../angular/angular.js`, which is equivalent to `https://example.com/scripts/angular/angular.js`.
By **exploiting this inconsistency in URL interpretation between the browser and the server, the path rules can be bypassed**.
The solution is to not treat `%2f` as `/` on the server-side, ensuring consistent interpretation between the browser and the server to avoid this issue.
Moreover, if the **page is loading a script using a relative path** (like `<script src="/js/app.js">`) using a **Nonce**, you can abuse the **base****tag** to make it **load** the script from **your own server achieving a XSS.**\
A specific policy known as Content Security Policy (CSP) may restrict JavaScript events. Nonetheless, AngularJS introduces custom events as an alternative. Within an event, AngularJS provides a unique object `$event`, referencing the native browser event object. This `$event` object can be exploited to circumvent the CSP. Notably, in Chrome, the `$event/event` object possesses a `path` attribute, holding an object array implicated in the event's execution chain, with the `window` object invariably positioned at the end. This structure is pivotal for sandbox escape tactics.
By directing this array to the `orderBy` filter, it's possible to iterate over it, harnessing the terminal element (the `window` object) to trigger a global function like `alert()`. The demonstrated code snippet below elucidates this process:
This snippet highlights the usage of the `ng-focus` directive to trigger the event, employing `$event.path|orderBy` to manipulate the `path` array, and leveraging the `window` object to execute the `alert()` function, thereby revealing `document.cookie`.
A CSP policy that whitelists domains for script loading in an Angular JS application can be bypassed through the invocation of callback functions and certain vulnerable classes. Further information on this technique can be found in a detailed guide available on this [git repository](https://github.com/cure53/XSSChallengeWiki/wiki/H5SC-Minichallenge-3:-%22Sh\*t,-it's-CSP!%22).
Other JSONP arbitrary execution endpoints can be found in [**here**](https://github.com/zigoo0/JSONBee/blob/master/jsonp.txt) (some of them were deleted or fixed)
What happens when CSP encounters server-side redirection? If the redirection leads to a different origin that is not allowed, it will still fail.
However, according to the description in [CSP spec 4.2.2.3. Paths and Redirects](https://www.w3.org/TR/CSP2/#source-list-paths-and-redirects), if the redirection leads to a different path, it can bypass the original restrictions.
If CSP is set to `https://www.google.com/a/b/c/d`, since the path is considered, both `/test` and `/a/test` scripts will be blocked by CSP.
However, the final `http://localhost:5555/301` will be **redirected on the server-side to `https://www.google.com/complete/search?client=chrome&q=123&jsonp=alert(1)//`**. Since it is a redirection, the **path is not considered**, and the **script can be loaded**, thus bypassing the path restriction.
With this redirection, even if the path is specified completely, it will still be bypassed.
Therefore, the best solution is to ensure that the website does not have any open redirect vulnerabilities and that there are no domains that can be exploited in the CSP rules.
`'unsafe-inline'` means that you can execute any script inside the code (XSS can execute code) and `img-src *` means that you can use in the webpage any image from any resource.
You can bypass this CSP by exfiltrating the data via images (in this occasion the XSS abuses a CSRF where a page accessible by the bot contains an SQLi, and extract the flag via an image):
You could also abuse this configuration to **load javascript code inserted inside an image**. If for example, the page allows loading images from Twitter. You could **craft** an **special image**, **upload** it to Twitter and abuse the "**unsafe-inline**" to **execute** a JS code (as a regular XSS) that will **load** the **image**, **extract** the **JS** from it and **execute****it**: [https://www.secjuice.com/hiding-javascript-in-png-csp-bypass/](https://www.secjuice.com/hiding-javascript-in-png-csp-bypass/)
If a **parameter** sent by you is being **pasted inside** the **declaration** of the **policy,** then you could **alter** the **policy** in some way that makes **it useless**. You could **allow script 'unsafe-inline'** with any of these bypasses:
Because this directive will **overwrite existing script-src directives**.\
You can find an example here: [http://portswigger-labs.net/edge\_csp\_injection\_xndhfye721/?x=%3Bscript-src-elem+\*\&y=%3Cscript+src=%22http://subdomain1.portswigger-labs.net/xss/xss.js%22%3E%3C/script%3E](http://portswigger-labs.net/edge\_csp\_injection\_xndhfye721/?x=%3Bscript-src-elem+\*\&y=%3Cscript+src=%22http://subdomain1.portswigger-labs.net/xss/xss.js%22%3E%3C/script%3E)
#### Edge
In Edge is much simpler. If you can add in the CSP just this: **`;_`** **Edge** would **drop** the entire **policy**.\
Notice the lack of the directive `'unsafe-inline'`\
This time you can make the victim **load** a page in **your control** via **XSS** with a `<iframe`. This time you are going to make the victim access the page from where you want to extract information (**CSRF**). You cannot access the content of the page, but if somehow you can **control the time the page needs to load** you can extract the information you need.
This time a **flag** is going to be extracted, whenever a **char is correctly guessed** via SQLi the **response** takes **more time** due to the sleep function. Then, you will be able to extract the flag:
This attack would imply some social engineering where the attacker **convinces the user to drag and drop a link over the bookmarklet of the browser**. This bookmarklet would contain **malicious javascript** code that when drag\&dropped or clicked would be executed in the context of the current web window, **bypassing CSP and allowing to steal sensitive information** such as cookies or tokens.
For more information [**check the original report here**](https://socradar.io/csp-bypass-unveiled-the-hidden-threat-of-bookmarklets/).
In [**this CTF writeup**](https://github.com/google/google-ctf/tree/master/2023/web-biohazard/solution), CSP is bypassed by injecting inside an allowed iframe a more restrictive CSP that disallowed to load a specific JS file that, then, via **prototype pollution** or **dom clobbering** allowed to **abuse a different script to load an arbitrary script**.
You can **restrict a CSP of an Iframe** with the **`csp`** attribute:
In [**this CTF writeup**](https://github.com/aszx87410/ctf-writeups/issues/48), it was possible via **HTML injection** to **restrict** more a **CSP** so a script preventing CSTI was disabled and therefore the **vulnerability became exploitable.**\
CSP can be made more restrictive using **HTML meta tags** and inline scripts can disabled **removing** the **entry** allowing their **nonce** and **enable specific inline script via sha**:
### JS exfiltration with Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only
If you can manage to make the server responds with the header **`Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only`** with a **value controlled by you** (maybe because of a CRLF), you could make it point your server and if you **wraps** the **JS content** you want to exfiltrate with **`<script>`** and because highly probable `unsafe-inline` isn't allowed by the CSP, this will **trigger a CSP error** and part of the script (containing the sensitive info) will be sent to the server from `Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only`.
For an example [**check this CTF writeup**](https://github.com/maple3142/My-CTF-Challenges/tree/master/TSJ%20CTF%202022/Nim%20Notes).
- An `iframe` is created that points to a URL (let's call it `https://example.redirect.com`) which is permitted by CSP.
- This URL then redirects to a secret URL (e.g., `https://usersecret.example2.com`) that is **not allowed** by CSP.
- By listening to the `securitypolicyviolation` event, one can capture the `blockedURI` property. This property reveals the domain of the blocked URI, leaking the secret domain to which the initial URL redirected.
It's interesting to note that browsers like Chrome and Firefox have different behaviors in handling iframes with respect to CSP, leading to potential leakage of sensitive information due to undefined behavior.
Another technique involves exploiting the CSP itself to deduce the secret subdomain. This method relies on a binary search algorithm and adjusting the CSP to include specific domains that are deliberately blocked. For example, if the secret subdomain is composed of unknown characters, you can iteratively test different subdomains by modifying the CSP directive to block or allow these subdomains. Here’s a snippet showing how the CSP might be set up to facilitate this method:
By monitoring which requests are blocked or allowed by the CSP, one can narrow down the possible characters in the secret subdomain, eventually uncovering the full URL.
Both methods exploit the nuances of CSP implementation and behavior in browsers, demonstrating how seemingly secure policies can inadvertently leak sensitive information.
PHP is known for **buffering the response to 4096** bytes by default. Therefore, if PHP is showing a warning, by providing **enough data inside warnings**, the **response** will be **sent****before** the **CSP header**, causing the header to be ignored.\
Idea from [**this writeup**](https://hackmd.io/@terjanq/justCTF2020-writeups#Baby-CSP-web-6-solves-406-points).
### Rewrite Error Page
From [**this writeup**](https://blog.ssrf.kr/69) it looks like it was possible to bypass a CSP protection by loading an error page (potentially without CSP) and rewriting its content.
SOME is a technique that abuses an XSS (or highly limited XSS) **in an endpoint of a page** to **abuse****other endpoints of the same origin.** This is done by loading the vulnerable endpoint from an attacker page and then refreshing the attacker page to the real endpoint in the same origin you want to abuse. This way the **vulnerable endpoint** can use the **`opener`** object in the **payload** to **access the DOM** of the **real endpoint to abuse**. For more information check:
Moreover, **wordpress** has a **JSONP** endpoint in `/wp-json/wp/v2/users/1?_jsonp=data` that will **reflect** the **data** sent in the output (with the limitation of only letter, numbers and dots).
An attacker can abuse that endpoint to **generate a SOME attack** against WordPress and **embed** it inside `<script s`rc=`/wp-json/wp/v2/users/1?_jsonp=some_attack></script>` note that this **script** will be **loaded** because it's **allowed by 'self'**. Moreover, and because WordPress is installed, an attacker might abuse the **SOME attack** through the **vulnerable****callback** endpoint that **bypasses the CSP** to give more privileges to a user, install a new plugin...\
For more information about how to perform this attack check [https://octagon.net/blog/2022/05/29/bypass-csp-using-wordpress-by-abusing-same-origin-method-execution/](https://octagon.net/blog/2022/05/29/bypass-csp-using-wordpress-by-abusing-same-origin-method-execution/)
If there is a strict CSP that doesn't allow you to **interact with external servers**, there are some things you can always do to exfiltrate the information.
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