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Checkmarx meetup API Security - API Security in depth - Inon Shkedy
- 1. Agenda ● Modern AppSec challenges ● Real examples ● How to fix
- 2. Startups, Tier 1 Companies Single Page Apps, Cloud, CI/CD, Mostly APIs Government, Military, Financial Multi Page Apps, On Prem, Waterfall, Less APIs Whoami ● Head of Research @ Traceable.ai ● 8 Years of experience in AppSec ● I’ve grown up with APIs
- 3. Authz in APIs - The Challenge Object Level Function Level Code (Almost every controller) Code, Configuration, API-gateway ● Decentralized Mechanism ● Complex Users & Roles Hierarchies Riders Drivers Admins Hugo Sub #1 Sub #2 Bugo Jon Jack Inon
- 4. A1 - BOLA (Broken Object-Level Authorization) POST api/trips/rate_trip {“trip_id”:718492, “rate”:5} API DB NotLyft Trip.find_by_id(718492).update UPDATE trips … WHERE ID = 718492
- 5. BOLA - 2 types Based on user_id ● Easy to protect ○ If (params[:user_id] == current_user.id) Based on object_id ● Challenging ○ A trip with a co-rider
- 6. What is a good authorization mechanism? Decision Engine User #232 User #585 Admin #616 Receipts Controller Profile Controller Admin Panel Controller User #232 has access to view receipt #777? User #585 has access to update profile #616? Admin #616 Has access to delete user #888? 1 2
- 7. BOLA - Why So Common? ● More IDs are sent from the clients to the APIs ● REST standard encourages developers to send IDs in URLs ○ /users/717/details ● Even though there’s an authz mechanism, developers just don’t use it
- 8. BOLA - Why Not IDOR ● IDOR - Insecure Direct Object Reference ● C00L name, not accurate ● The problem is not about the IDs !
- 9. BOLA - Solutions that don’t solve the problem ● GUIDs instead of numbers ● Indirect Object Reference ● Relying on IDs from JWT tokens ● OAuth BOLA - Solutions that solve the problem ● Good authorization mechanism ● Make sure that developers actually use it in every controller
- 10. BOLA - Uber - Full Account Takeover Request Response Found by Anand Prakash, AppSecure
- 11. Real Attack #1: Food Delivery App
● Background:
○ Food delivery app
○ API seemed to be pretty secured
● Attack Steps:
○ Downloaded an old version of the app
○ Found a niche feature hidden in the GUI – update user’s phone number
○ Includes 2 steps
Step API endpoint BOLA
1. Send an SMS with a
token
Vulnerable
2. Verify Code POST
/api/v/api/v3/
/verify_update_number Not Vulnerable - 12. Attack steps How I felt Step #1 😈 Found that the token could be used for the login mechanism as well: #2 😞 “login_with_code” verifies also the device GUID #3 🤔 Double verification? Sounds like a feature that might have been added recently #4 🤓 Scanned for old versions of endpoint (v0.0 - v5.0 in the URL) #5 😈 Found that V2.7 was exposed and didn’t verify the device GUID #6 | Full Account Takeover | POST /api/v3.1/login_with_code
- 13. A5 - BFLA (Broken Function Level Authorization) DELETE /users/717 DELETE /users/717 Admin API APIRiders API Drivers aPI
- 14. Why in APIs ● Easier to detect in APIs Fetch User’s Profile (not sensitive function) Delete user (admin function) Traditional App GET /app/users_view.aspx?user_id=1337 POST app/admin_panel/users_mgmt.aspx action=delete&user_id=1337 API GET /api/users/1337 DELETE /api/users/1337 HARD topredict :( VeryPredictable
- 15. Function Level Authorization ● Various ways to implement: ○ Code ○ Configuration ○ API Gateway ● Comlex Roles: ○ Admins / Super-admins / supervisors / riders / drivers
- 16. Real Attack #2: Social Network
● Background:
○ Large social network
○ Haven’t found interesting in the Web App
○ Endpoint that exposes the user resource
from the evaluation phase:
GET /V3/users/
POST /app/api/old_mobile/users {“user”: } ● Attack Steps: ○ Expanded the attack surface ■ old android version from apkpure.com ○ Found an older implementation of “user” resource Different EP structure. Potentially trigger different code PUT ○ Tried to change the method from “POST” to “PUT” ○ Created a request to update my own user PUT /app/api/old_mobile/users {“user”: , “email”:”[email protected]”, “full_name”:”Hugo Bugo”} ○ Received 403 == They implemented “function level authorization” - 17. Real Attack #2: Social Network ● Attack Steps #2: ○ Expanded the attack surface ■ Used VirusTotal to find sub domains �� ○ “beta-prod” exposes the same API endpoint from previous steps /app/api/old_mobile/users ○ The API behaves differently (different headers & error handling) ■ Different behavior == different build / deployment / network flow ○ The “funcion-level authorization” isn’t active on “beta-prod” ■ API Is vulnerable to A5 (BFLA) ○ Used the API call from previous step to update any user’s email PUT /app/api/old_mobile/users {“user”:”ANY_USER_ID”, “email”:”[email protected]”} ○ Used the “forgot password” feature to reset the password == | FULL ACCOUNT TAKEOVER |
- 18. A6 - Mass Assignment “Create_user” flow in traditional apps APP Server create_user fname=inon& lname=shkedy& pass=123456 ORM {first_name=Inon last_name=shkedy pass=123456}
- 19. A6 - Mass Assignment APP Server POST /users/create {“user”:{“lname”:”Inon”,”fname”: ”shkedy”,”pass”:”123456”}} (ORM Black Magic) ORM {JSON AS IS}
- 20. A6 - Mass Assignment POST /api/users/new {“username”:”Inon”, ”pass”:”123456”} Legit POST /api/users/new {“username”:”Inon”, ”pass”:”123456”, ”role”:”admin”} M alicious
- 21. A6 - Why in APIs ● Mass Assignment Ain’t New ● Easier to exploit in APIs ○ Always try with POST, PUT & PATCH ● Don’t guess object properties ○ Just find a GET method which returns them ● Use Mass Assignment to bypass other security controls
- 22. A6 - Example Found by James Kettle, Port Swigger
- 23. Mass Assignment + CSRF - Reset User’s Password App Server Legacy multi-page app /app/home Mobile API /mobile/api session_id cookie based Authorization Header Auth settings are shared == API supports cookies == Potential CSRF ★ Let’s exploit it to change user’s email! ★ “POST /api/update_email” endpoint requires password 😞 ★ Anyhow, “PUT /mobile/api/users/me” is vulnerable to Mass Assignment We can update every user’s property, including email! 😈
- 24. Exploitation ★ Target a victim who uses the old app (cookies are stored in his browser) ★ Create a malicious HTML page to exploit the CSRF and call ★ Send it to the victim, change his email address and reset his password ☺
- 25. How to hack APIs?
- 26. Pentesters Methodology - API Mindfulness ● Beginner’s mind (Shoshin) - Always be curious about APIs Understand the business logic by asking meaningful questions ● Wean yourself off GUI Don’t let fear stop you from generating API calls from scratch ● Use the evaluation phases
- 27. High-Level Evaluation Learn: ● REST based ride sharing app ● Has a carpooling feature Ask: ● What is “VIN”??
- 28. Drill Down Evaluation Learn: ● Trips & users - Numeric ID ● Drivers & payment - GUID Ask: ● More than one version? ● Payment splitting?! ● Maybe soap? Do: ● Cause an error: /v2/trips/aaa555 ● Find the payment splitting feature
- 29. Access Control Evaluation Learn: ● Different user types Ask: ● Should the last name be exposed? ● Can I be a driver & a rider? ● Support for cookies authz? Do: ● Identify the session label
- 30. Got Stuck?
- 31. Expanding the attack surface ● Find more API endpoints! Wet Endpoints Dry Endpoints Source Active traffic from active clients Full / Partial documentation Pros Easier to work with Easier to find a large amount of them Cons You’re limited to the endpoints your clients have access to Hard to work with them API
- 32. Find more endpoints ★ Use multiple clients (mobile/web/web for mobile) ★ Use older versions of each client ○ APK Pure (Android) ○ Archive.com (Web Apps) ★ Use different hosts that run the same API ○ Use VirusTotal and Censys to find more hosts ★ Use different environments (QA/Staging/beta) ★ Use Burp “Site View” feature ★ Scan client files for strings that look like URLs ○ .js (JS-Scan tool) /.ipa / .apk files ★ Look for swagger / WADL files: /swagger.json; /api-docs; /application.wadl; etc.. ★ Look for exposed API documentation for developers Wet Endpoints Dry Endpoints
- 33. Bypass Security Controls ★ Sometimes non-prod environments (QA, Staging, etc) don’t implement basic security mechanisms ★ Different protocols == different implementations. ○ An app can expose REST, SOAP, ElasticSearch, GraphQL and websockets at the same time. ○ Don’t assume they implement the same security mechanisms. ★ Find different hosts that expose the same API; They might be deployed with different configurations / versions
- 34. Find vulnerable endpoints ★ Always look for the most niche features ★ Interesting features that tend to be vulnerable: ○ Export mechanism (look for Export Injection) ○ User management, sub-users ○ Custom views of a dashboard ○ Object sharing among users (like sharing a post / receipt)