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Sec Bug #68052 unsanitized dns_get_record output
Submitted: 2014-09-19 10:00 UTC Modified: 2014-09-22 20:31 UTC
From: w at willsr dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Filter related
PHP Version: 5.4.33 OS: ALL
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2014-09-19 10:00 UTC] w at willsr dot com 
Description:
------------
dns_get_record returns unsanitized output. Can be used for XSS injection via malicious TXT DNS records.

Test script:
---------------
$result = dns_get_record("jamiehankins.co.uk", DNS_TXT);
echo "Malicious TXT record = ";
print_r($result);

Expected result:
----------------
Malicious TXT record = Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [host] => jamiehankins.co.uk
            [class] => IN
            [ttl] => 79
            [type] => TXT
            [txt] => <script src='//peniscorp.com/topkek.js'></script>
            [entries] => Array
                (
                    [0] => <script src='//peniscorp.com/topkek.js'></script>
                )

        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [host] => jamiehankins.co.uk
            [class] => IN
            [ttl] => 79
            [type] => TXT
            [txt] => google-site-verification=nZUP4BagJAjQZO6AImXyzJZBXBf9s1FbDZr8pzNLTCI
            [entries] => Array
                (
                    [0] => google-site-verification=nZUP4BagJAjQZO6AImXyzJZBXBf9s1FbDZr8pzNLTCI
                )

        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [host] => jamiehankins.co.uk
            [class] => IN
            [ttl] => 79
            [type] => TXT
            [txt] => <iframe width='420' height='315' src='//www.youtube.com/embed/dQw4w9WgXcQ?autoplay=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen></iframe>
            [entries] => Array
                (
                    [0] => <iframe width='420' height='315' src='//www.youtube.com/embed/dQw4w9WgXcQ?autoplay=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen></iframe>
                )

        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [host] => jamiehankins.co.uk
            [class] => IN
            [ttl] => 79
            [type] => TXT
            [txt] => v=spf1 include:spf.mandrillapp.com ?all
            [entries] => Array
                (
                    [0] => v=spf1 include:spf.mandrillapp.com ?all
                )

        )

)

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 [2014-09-19 12:34 UTC] johannes@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2014-09-19 12:34 UTC] johannes@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

You can't trust any data coming from external sources. You have to escape it matching your requirements.
 [2014-09-22 09:40 UTC] pajoye@php.net 
hi,

Thanks for the report.

Yes, this DNS XSS attack vector is being trendy in the last couple of weeks.

I do not think it is a PHP issue. Any external data must be filtered before being sent back to the user, stored in DB, etc. Nothing different here. And this applies to any language btw.
 
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