handbook/tools/3.Web-Hacking/4.Injection/XXE/Commands/4.XXE-File-Upload.md

XXE Attacks via File Upload

• If a server allows the upload of DOCX or SVG, XXE can be embedded in these documents

• When the document is processed by the application, it will trigger the exploit XXE Attack via Modified Content Type

• Normal Request example:

POST /action HTTP/1.0
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-
urlencoded
Content-Length: 7
foo=bar

• If the server tolerates this, you can exploit it

POST /action HTTP/1.0
Content-Type: text/xml
Content-Length: 52
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-
8"?><foo>bar</foo>