Auth Analyzer

Table of Contents

• What is it?
• Why should I use Auth Analyzer?
• GUI Overview
• Parameter Extraction
  • Auto Extract
  • From To String
  • Static Value
  • Prompt for Input
• Parameter Replacement
  • Replacement Location
• Parameter removement
• Sample Usage
  • Auto extract session Cookie
  • Session Header and CSRF Token Parameter
  • Auto extract from JavaScript variable
  • Auto extract and insert a Bearer Token
  • Test several roles at a time
  • Refresh Auto Exracted Parameter Value
  • Test idempotent Operations
  • Test anonymous sessions
  • Test CORS configuration
  • Test CSRF Check mechanism
  • Verify the Bypass Status
• Processing Filter
• Bypass Detection
• Features

What is it?

The Burp extension helps you to find authorization bugs. Just navigate through the web application with a high privileged user and let the Auth Analyzer repeat your requests for any defined non-privileged user. With the possibility to define Parameters the Auth Analyzer is able to extract and replace parameter values automatically. With this for instance, CSRF tokens or even whole session characteristics can be auto extracted from responses and replaced in further requests. Each response will be analyzed and tagged on its bypass status.

Why should I use Auth Analyzer?

There are other existing Burp Extensions doing basically similar stuff. However, the force of the parameter feature and automatic value extraction is the main reason for choosing Auth Analyzer. With this you don’t have to know the content of the data which must be exchanged. You can easily define your parameters and cookies and Auth Analyzer will catch on the fly the values needed. The Auth Analyzer does not perform any preflight requests. It does basically just the same thing as your web app. With your defined user roles / sessions.

GUI Overview

(1) Create or Clone a Session for every user you want to test.

(2) Save and load session setup

(3) Specify the session characteristics (Header(s) and / or Parameter(s) to replace)

(4) Set Filters if needed

(5) Start / Stop and Pause Auth Analyzer

(6) Specify table filter

(7) Navigate through Web App with another user and track results of the repeated requests

(8) Export table data to XML or HTML

(9) Manually analyze original and repeated requests / responses

Semi Automated Authorization Testing

If you have the resources you want to test in your sitemap, it is very easy and quick to perform your authorization tests. In the very first step define your sessions you want to test. Then just expand your sitemap, select the resources and repeat the requests through the context menu. Additionally you can define some options which requests should be repeated and which not. With this you can perform authorization tests of a complex website within seconds.

Parameter Extraction

The Auth Analyzer has the possibility to define parameters which are replaced before the request for the given session will be repeated. The value for the given parameter can be set according to different requirements.

Auto Extract

The parameter value will be extracted if it occurs in a response with one of the following constraints:

• A response with a Set-Cookie Header with a Cookie name set to the defined Extract Field Name

• An HTML Document Response contains an input field with the name attribute set to the defined Extract Field Name

• A JSON Response contains a key set to the Extract Field Name

Per default the Auth Analyzer tries to auto extract the parameter value from all locations. However, clicking on the parameter settings icon lets you restrict the auto extract location according to your needs.

From To String

The parameter will be extracted if the response contains the specified From String and To String in a line. The From-To String can be set either manually or directly by the corresponding context menu. Just mark the word you want to extract in any response and set as From-To Extract for the parameter you like.

Per default the Auth Analyzer tries to extract the value from header and body at most textual responses. However, clicking on the parameter settings icon lets you restrict the From-To extract location according to your needs.

Static Value

A static parameter value can be defined. This can be used for instance for static CSRF tokens or login credentials.

Prompt for Input

You will be prompted for input if the defined parameter is present in a request. This can be used for instance to set 2FA codes.

Parameter Replacement

If a value is set (extracted or defined by the user) it will be replaced if the corresponding parameter is present in a request. The conditions for parameter replacements are:

Replacement Location

The parameter will be replaced if it is present at one of the following locations:

• In Path (e.g. /api/user/99/profile --> if a parameter named user is present, the value 99 will be replaced)

• URL Parameter (e.g. email=hans.wurst[a]gmail.com)

• Cookie Parameter (e.g. PHPSESSID=mb8rkrcdg8765dt91vpum4u21v)

• Body Parameter either URL-Encoded or Multipart Form Data

• JSON Parameter (e.g. {"email":"hans.wurst[a]gmail.com"})

Per default the parameter value will be replaced at each location. However, clicking on the parameter settings icon lets you restrict the location according to your needs.

Parameter removement

The defined parameter can be removed completely for instance to test CSRF check mechanisms.

Sample Usage

Auto extract session Cookie

Define the username and password as a static value. The session cookie name must be defined as auto extract. Verify that you start navigating through the application with no session cookie set. Login to the web app. The Auth Analyzer will repeat the login request with the static parameters and automatically gets the session by the Set-Cookie header. This Cookie will be used for further requests of the given session. The defined Cookie will be treated as a parameter and therefore no Cookie Header must be defined.

Hint: You can restrict the extract and replace conditions for a parameter to avoid malfunction at the extracting / replacing stage.

Session Header and CSRF Token Parameter

Define a Cookie header and a CSRF token (with auto value extract). The CSRF token value will be extracted if it is present in an HTML Input Tag, a Set-Cookie Header or a JSON Response of the given session.

Auto extract from JavaScript variable

Since the Auto Extract method only works on HTML Input Fields, JSON Objects or Set-Cookie Headers we must use the generic extraction method called From To String. With this extraction method we can extract any value from a response if it is located between a unique starting and ending string. The Auth Analyzer provides a context menu method to set the From String and To String automatically. Just mark the String you want to extract and set as From-To Extract by the context menu.

Auto extract and insert a Bearer Token

Since the Authorization Header is not treated as a parameter (as it is done with the Cookie Header), we can use a header insertion point to achieve what we want. Just mark and right click the value you want to replace in the specified header. The defaultvalue will be used if no parameter value is extracted yet.

Test several roles at a time

Just create as many sessions as you want to test several roles at a time.

Refresh Auto Exracted Parameter Value

Just press Renew on the session status panel or repeat the affected request by the context menu (mouse right click in the table entry). Hint: The login request(s) can be marked and filtered afterwards.

Test idempotent Operations

Original Requests can be dropped for testing idempotent operations (e.g. a DELETE function).

Test anonymous sessions

If an anonymous user needs a valid characteristic (e.g., a valid cookie value) you have to define the header as usual. Otherwise, you can define a header to remove as follows:

Test CORS configuration

You can easily test a large number of endpoints on its individual CORS settings by adding an Origin header at Header(s) to replace and select Test CORS on the Session Panel. By selecting Test CORS the Auth Analyzer will change the HTTP method to OPTIONS before the request is repeated

Test CSRF Check mechanism

A specified parameter can be removed by selecting the Remove Checkbox. This can be used for instance to test the CSRF check mechanism.

Verify the Bypass Status

The Auth Analyzer provides a build in comparison view to verify the differences between two responses. Just mark the message you want to analyze and change the message view (1). You are now able to compare the two requests (2) (3). The built in Diff Feature will calculate and show the differences between the two requests in real time (4)

Expanded Diff view:

Processing Filter

The Auth Analyzer should process two types of requests / responses:

• The response contains a value which must be extracted

• The requested resource should not be accessible by the defined session(s)

For instance, we don’t want to process a static JavaScript file because it is accessible for everyone and (hopefully) does not contain any protected data. To achieve this, we can set following types of filters:

• Only In Scope (only requests to the set Scope will be processed)
• Only Proxy Traffic (only requests to the "Proxy History" will be processed)
• Exclude Filetypes (specified Filetypes can be excluded)
• Exclude HTTP Methods (specified HTTP Methods can be excluded)
• Exclude Status Codes (specified Status Codes can be excluded)
• Exclude Paths (specified Paths can be excluded)
• Exclude Queries / Params (specified Queries / Params can be excluded)

Automated Response Analysis

• The Response will be declared as SAME if Both Responses have same Response Body and same Response Code
• The Response will be declared as SIMILAR if Both Responses have same Response Code and Both Responses have +-5% of response body length
• The Response will be declared as DIFFERENT in every other case

Features

• Session Creation for each user role
• Renaming and Removing a Session
• Clone a Session
• Set any amount of Headers to replace / add
• Set Headers to remove
• Set any amount of parameters to replace
• Define how the parameter value will be discovered (automatic, static, prompt for input, from to string)
• Remove a specified parameter
• Detailed Filter Rules
• Detailed Status Panel for each Session
• Pause each Session separately
• Renew Auto Extracted Parameter Value automatically
• Repeat Request by context menu
• Table Data Filter
• Table Data Export Functionality
• Start / Stop / Pause the "Auth Analyzer"
• Pause each Session seperatly
• Restrict session to defined scope
• Filter Requests with same header(s)
• Drop Original Request functionality
• Detailed view of all processed Requests and Responses
• Send Header(s) and / or Parameter(s) directly to Auth Analyzer by Context Menu
• Auto save current configuration
• Save to file and load from file current configuration
• Search function in repeated requests
• Semi Automated Authoriztaion Testing