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gRPC-Web Pentesting Suite + Burp Suite Extension
https://github.com/nxenon/grpc-pentest-suite

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# gRPC Web Pentest Suite

gRPC-Pentest-Suite is set of tools for pentesting / hacking gRPC Web applications.

Available Content Types:
- [x] application/grpc-web-text
- [ ] application/grpc-web+proto ([See blackboxprotobuf Repo](https://github.com/nccgroup/blackboxprotobuf))

gRPC-Pentest-Suite contains these 2 tools:
- **[grpc-scan](#grpc-coder-usage)** scanning the gRPC-web javascript webpacked files to detect grpc endpoints, services, messages and field types
- **[grpc-coder](#grpc-coder-usage)** encoding and decoding gRPC-web payloads for pentesting (manipulating payloads)
- **[grpc-coder-burp-extension](#grpc-coder-extension-usage)** extension for burp suite to easily using gRPC-Coder tool
- **[big-string-chunker](#big-string-chunker-tool)** this tool chunks a big string into pieces of 80 characters, so that gRPC-coder can encode it (also reverse)

# Hacking into gRPC-Web Article & YouTube Video
This article includes the methodology for pentesting gRPC-Web and a methodology for finding hidden servies and endpoints. Read [Hacking into gRPC-Web](https://infosecwriteups.com/hacking-into-grpc-web-a54053757a45) article and for `application/grpc-web+proto` see this article [Hacking into gRPC-Web : Part 2](https://medium.com/@nxenon/hacking-into-grpc-web-part-2-f8540309e1e8).

This video includes using both gRPC Scan tool and gRPC Coder Burp Suite Extension: How to manipulate gRPC-Web payloads and analyse the JavaScript webpacked files to find hidden endpoints, services and messages.
[Watch](https://youtu.be/VoDyweIjT2U?si=kXWbQELnJZfyHaId)

[![Watch the video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VoDyweIjT2U/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://youtu.be/VoDyweIjT2U?si=kXWbQELnJZfyHaId)

# Requirements

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

for **grpc-coder.py** you need to install [protoscope](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protoscope) in system gloablly.

go install github.com/protocolbuffers/protoscope/cmd/protoscope...@latest

for **gRPC Coder Burp Extension** you need to have these requirements:
- download the whole repository (because the script needs grpc.coder.py)
- jython must be installed and configured in burp
- protoscope must be installed globally on system (because the extension runs a protoscope command)
- python3 must be installed to run the grpc-coder.py script (because the gRPC-Coder is written in python3)
- in windows python 3 binary name is **python** and in linux and mac the binary name is **python3**

the extension runs two **safe** commands to work with grpc-coder.py and protoscope tools.

# gRPC Coder Extension Usage
after installing the extension it adds to menu items into extensions menu item:
- gRPC Coder **Decode**
- gRPC Coder **Encode**

Steps:
1. select the gRPC-Web base64 payload in burp interceptor or repeater and click on Decode item for decoding to human-readable format
2. edit the text and select the new edited text and click on Encode item for encoding to gRPC-Web base64 format

## Watch the Extension Usage Video on YouTube
[Watch](https://youtu.be/w75_ixNzM24)

[![Watch the video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/w75_ixNzM24/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://youtu.be/w75_ixNzM24)

# gRPC Coder Extension Installation
1. Download the Whole Repository (the extension needs some files in this repo)
2. add [grpc-coder-burp-extension.py](grpc-coder-burp-extension.py) in Burp Extensions.

Note: [protoscope](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protoscope) and python3 must be system globally installed.

# gRPC-Coder Usage

**GRPC-Coder.py** has two options:
- [Encode](#encoding)
- [Decode](#decoding)

[grpc-coder.py](grpc-coder.py)

python3 grpc-coder.py --help

echo payload | python3 grpc-coder.py [--encode OR --decode]

General Arguments:
--encode encode protoscope binary output to application/grpc-web-text
--decode decode application/grpc-web-text base64 encoded payload to protoscope format
--type content-type of payload [default: grpc-web-text] available types: [grpc-web-text, grpc-web+proto]

Input Arguments:
Default Input is Standard Input
--file to get input from a file

Help:
--help print help message

## Decoding

In Burp Suite when you intercept the request, get the gRPC-Web base64 encoded payload and give it to the script as standard input:

echo "AAAAABYSC0FtaW4gTmFzaXJpGDY6BVhlbm9u" | python3 grpc-coder.py --decode --type grpc-web-text | protoscope > out.txt
cat out.txt

content of out.txt:

2: {"Amin Nasiri"}
3: 54
7: {"Xenon"}

vim out.txt
... edit the file

content of edited out.txt:

cat out.txt
2: {"Amin Nasiri Xenon GRPC"}
3: 54
7: {"alert(origin)"}

now you have to encode the new payload: [Encode](#encoding)

## Encoding

after editing [decoded](#decoding) payload you have to encode it:

protoscope -s out.txt | python3 grpc-coder.py --encode --type grpc-web-text

Output:

AAAAADoSFkFtaW4gTmFzaXJpIFhlbm9uIEdSUEMYNjoePHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydChvcmlnaW4pPC9zY3JpcHQ+

Then you put the new base64 payload into Burp Suite intercepted request.

# Big String Chunker Tool
When you have a big string that you want to put it into a value in protobuf fields, you have to make that string into some pieces of characters using [big-string-chunker.py](big-string-chunker.py).

For Example:

This String is big:
"T2dnUwACAAAAAAAAAABzFQAAAAAAAAAJCzcBE09wdXNIZWFkAQE4AYC7AAAAAABPZ2dTAAAAAAAAAAAAAHMVAAABAAAAo2rOoQE3T3B1c1RhZ3MPAAAAbGlib3B1cyB1bmtub3duAQAAABQAAABFTkNPREVSPU1vemlsbGExMjQuME9nZ1MAAMAwAAAAAAAAcxUAAAIAAAD1DNygG//T/yb/KP//CP8h/yT/JP8k/yX/JP8l/yj/Kfh4/5AiWRn+hxCNu1lGW1E1RpFlgncP1g3KdvtuuhDanwxtyvMzTX/X3ain7fAXGnRupDzl9oir"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"

the tool converts it to this:

1: {
"T2dnUwACAAAAAAAAAABzFQAAAAAAAAAJCzcBE09wdXNIZWFkAQE4AYC7AAAAAABPZ2dTAAAAAAAAAAAA"
"AHMVAAABAAAAo2rOoQE3T3B1c1RhZ3MPAAAAbGlib3B1cyB1bmtub3duAQAAABQAAABFTkNPREVSPU1v"
"emlsbGExMjQuME9nZ1MAAMAwAAAAAAAAcxUAAAIAAAD1DNygG//T/yb/KP//CP8h/yT/JP8k/yX/JP8l"
"/yj/Kfh4/5AiWRn+hxCNu1lGW1E1RpFlgncP1g3KdvtuuhDanwxtyvMzTX/X3ain7fAXGnRupDzl9oir"
"jHtN7BZBGZZW9Vkyv2oBhgfnGhJPxrf7RJ9D4e2AABS0iAuHWWWzs0UZpgwlqMwOZ+w4PIymRYPzCB5q"
"9C9JFVUjdihmqLbP8WICC+0eSFmUO+lM4PYiVprOWgfbwTcNqaYdZSKT3fp2pjNuTJzyvEO/t2Dg1TnC"
"wjoq0veEM1YcRx4polaFw/au+FdceT13SuK8ehmSEHPyLB1H2lUAAAAAAAAAAaBfGjYa5md8lEWEol5m"
"ykby0OgcohE0KzMpefR9SiVHFG7sL0r7JrAeot6SRV1x1iWWVBejRscEDQA0gyXKQnrH1P+/cIqNOLFZ"
.
.
.
"zHVfcTfCbDASrlauLF5i9eLUEFv289im/BQqPPGkld7iwBlOA5zZz4ysnRYDv8VytH9F9vLqNgpiWqNO"
"0pgr+4Dl9i4vtxgCYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEH5ttS9etaTCa18br69R/R"
"M6tCIKjxjEULqgaJJQkCBwJxDR9kAsol/Xymr7cFKgJ+0crArSf9IqQ/WgqEAgEtYmTqgwA0BkOTT4q2"
"YhAygIak+pZZu654kaBYG+9Hag=="
}

- Note: Do not forget to change the field number. The tool uses field number 1 by default.

## Big String Chunker in gRPC Coder Burp Extension [Chunk]
- Big String
![Big String Chunker in gRPC Coder Burp Extension Chunk](https://github.com/nxenon/grpc-pentest-suite/assets/61124903/023850e2-e8e6-423e-b8fe-8ffe35ad632a)
- Result
![Big String Chunker Result Chunk](https://github.com/nxenon/grpc-pentest-suite/assets/61124903/287208ea-9984-4e56-9bef-d3cc666e1c8e)

### Big String Chunker CLI Usage [Chunk]

cat bigString.txt | python3 big-string-chunker.py --stdin --chunk
python3 big-string-chunker.py --file bigString.txt --chunk

## Big String Chunker in gRPC Coder Burp Extension [Un-Chunk]
- Big String
![Big String Chunker in gRPC Coder Burp Extension Un-Chunk](https://github.com/nxenon/grpc-pentest-suite/assets/61124903/f7fa678b-74cb-4149-93a5-2a15375b4f0a)
- Result:
![Big String Chunker Result Un-Chunk](https://github.com/nxenon/grpc-pentest-suite/assets/61124903/aa9268b9-22ab-443c-a17e-3331cf4e766e)

### Big String Chunker CLI Usage [Un-Chunk]

cat chunkedString.txt | python3 big-string-chunker.py --stdin --un-chunk
python3 chunkedString.py --file bigString.txt --un-chunk

# gRPC-Scan Usage

[grpc-scan.py](grpc-scan.py)

python3 grpc-scan.py --file main.js
OR
cat main.js | python3 grpc-scan.py --stdin

# gRPC-Scan Javascript Files Note

For saving javascript files, you have to open them in browser and save the file or download it directly.

**Do not** copy and paste the javascript content.

ProtoBuf Version Support:
- Version 3 [OK]
- Version 2 [Some Features do not work]

# gRPC-Scan Help

python3 grpc-scan.py --help

python3 grpc-scan.py [INPUT]
Input Arguments:
--file file name of js file
--stdin get input from standard input
Help:
--help print help message

# gRPC-Scan Output Example


python3 grpc-scan.py --file main.js

Found Endpoints:
/grpc.gateway.testing.EchoService/Echo
/grpc.gateway.testing.EchoService/EchoAbort
/grpc.gateway.testing.EchoService/NoOp
/grpc.gateway.testing.EchoService/ServerStreamingEcho
/grpc.gateway.testing.EchoService/ServerStreamingEchoAbort

Found Messages:

grpc.gateway.testing.EchoRequest:
+------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Field Name | Field Type | Field Number |
+============+====================+==============+
| Message | Proto3StringField | 1 |
+------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Name | Proto3StringField | 2 |
+------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Age | Proto3IntField | 3 |
+------------+--------------------+--------------+
| IsAdmin | Proto3BooleanField | 4 |
+------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Weight | Proto3FloatField | 5 |
+------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Test | Proto3StringField | 6 |
+------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Test2 | Proto3StringField | 7 |
+------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Test3 | Proto3StringField | 16 |
+------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Test4 | Proto3StringField | 20 |
+------------+--------------------+--------------+

grpc.gateway.testing.EchoResponse:
+--------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Field Name | Field Type | Field Number |
+==============+====================+==============+
| Message | Proto3StringField | 1 |
+--------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Name | Proto3StringField | 2 |
+--------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Age | Proto3IntField | 3 |
+--------------+--------------------+--------------+
| IsAdmin | Proto3BooleanField | 4 |
+--------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Weight | Proto3FloatField | 5 |
+--------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Test | Proto3StringField | 6 |
+--------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Test2 | Proto3StringField | 7 |
+--------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Test3 | Proto3StringField | 16 |
+--------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Test4 | Proto3StringField | 20 |
+--------------+--------------------+--------------+
| MessageCount | Proto3IntField | 8 |
+--------------+--------------------+--------------+

grpc.gateway.testing.ServerStreamingEchoRequest:
+-----------------+-------------------+--------------+
| Field Name | Field Type | Field Number |
+=================+===================+==============+
| Message | Proto3StringField | 1 |
+-----------------+-------------------+--------------+
| MessageCount | Proto3IntField | 2 |
+-----------------+-------------------+--------------+
| MessageInterval | Proto3IntField | 3 |
+-----------------+-------------------+--------------+

grpc.gateway.testing.ServerStreamingEchoResponse:
+------------+-------------------+--------------+
| Field Name | Field Type | Field Number |
+============+===================+==============+
| Message | Proto3StringField | 1 |
+------------+-------------------+--------------+

grpc.gateway.testing.ClientStreamingEchoRequest:
+------------+-------------------+--------------+
| Field Name | Field Type | Field Number |
+============+===================+==============+
| Message | Proto3StringField | 1 |
+------------+-------------------+--------------+

grpc.gateway.testing.ClientStreamingEchoResponse:
+--------------+----------------+--------------+
| Field Name | Field Type | Field Number |
+==============+================+==============+
| MessageCount | Proto3IntField | 1 |
+--------------+----------------+--------------+

# gRPC Lab
For testing this tool and getting familiar with gRPC-Web, I made a [lab](https://github.com/nxenon/grpc-lab) for gRPC & gRPC-Web.