Cross Site WebSocket Hijacking
Medium
L
Legal Robot
Submitted None
Actions:
Reported by
aishu_kc
Vulnerability Details
Technical details and impact analysis
### Description:
The given URL fails to validate Origin header- leading to Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking.
### Impact:
The impact, however, depends on how the server is configured. For example, it might require an authentication token which are user specific. In such cases, it might not be as sever as it would be in cases where server doesn't require anything at all.
Since almost all the request in the site are performed in web socket, it might be possible to hijack the websocket. The impact would be similar to side-wise CSRF plus every response from server could be possible to be read by attacker.
### Affected Domain:
app.legalrobot.com/socketjs/444/jfalksf/websocket
### Reference:
https://www.christian-schneider.net/CrossSiteWebSocketHijacking.html
https://www.notsosecure.com/how-cross-site-websocket-hijacking-could-lead-to-full-session-compromise/
Report Details
Additional information and metadata
State
Closed
Substate
Informative
Submitted
Weakness
Improper Authentication - Generic