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CSTC is a Burp Suite extension that allows request/response modification using a GUI analogous to CyberChef
https://github.com/usdAG/cstc

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CSTC is a Burp Suite extension that allows request/response modification using a GUI analogous to CyberChef

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*Copyright 2017-2024 usd AG*



Licensed under the *GNU General Public License, Version 3.0* (the "License"). You may not use this tool except in compliance with the License.

You may obtain a copy of the License at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html



![CSTC](media/CSTC_White_Smaller.png)



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# Cyber Security Transformation Chef



*The Cyber Security Transformation Chef* (*CSTC*) is a *Burp Suite* extension. It is build for security experts to

extend *Burp Suite* for chaining simple operations on each incoming or outgoing *HTTP* message.

It can also be used to quickly apply custom formatting on each message.



![CSTC-Workflow](media/CSTC_Workflow.gif)



## Introduction



[Burp Suite](https://portswigger.net/) is a general known software which provides

a wide area of tools and functionality for conducting web application penetration

tests. One problem often encountered when using *Burp Suite* for certain types of

web applications is the lack of quick extensibility or the capability

of conducting basic operations on incoming or outgoing messages.

*Burp Suite* provides some functionality which can be used to adapt to certain scenarios

(i.e. the *macro feature*), however it is a time consuming process, difficult to learn and error-prone.



With the years we developed a software which provides a GUI which is adapted from the well known

[CyberChef](https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/), providing several small operations which can be chained

to conduct a complicated input transformation. The extension eliminates

the need of having several plugins for input and output transformations because it is build in a more generic way.



*CSTC* is especially useful for using already existing capabilities of *Burp Suite Professional* (*Burp Scanner*, *Backslash Powered Scanner*, ...)

on web applications using client side calculated *MACs*, sequence numbers, or similar protections for request validation.

However, *CSTC* does also perfectly interoperate with other *Burp Suite* features that are available in the *Community Edition* (*Repeater*, *Intruder*, ...).



It is also a great help for analyzing obfuscated *HTTP* based protocols because it can be used to de- and reobfuscate network traffic

passing through the proxy. In this way, the analyst can concentrate on the task of finding vulnerabilities

instead of writing a new extension for removing the obfuscation.



The plugin has been successfully tested and decreased the time for performing tedious input and output transformations on *HTTP* messages.



## Prerequisites



*CSTC* can be used with either *Burp Suite Community Edition* or *Burp Suite Professional*.



## Installation



*CSTC* is available inside the *Burp Extension Storage* (*BApp Store*) and listed under the name *CSTC, Modular HTTP Manipulator*. 

Recently we observed some functionality issues when installing *CSTC* via *BApp Store*. These should be fixed by now, but if you 

encounter additional problems you may want to install *CSTC* manually.



We suggest to pull the source code and build it yourself, because you should never trust binaries

and should always review the code which is used in a productive setting.



However, you can also pull a release from *GitHub* and install it by adding it to *Burp Suite*.



**Build Process**



The build process is fairly easy. It currently requires a installed *JDK* and *Maven* to build.

You can build the extension with the following commands:



```

$ git clone https://github.com/usdAG/cstc.git

$ cd cstc

$ mvn package

```



*Maven* will automatically load the dependencies for building the extension and will build

a *Jar* containing all these dependencies. The created Jar file ``CSTC-X.X.X-jar-with-dependencies`` in the ``target`` directory can be 

installed in *Burp Suite* using the ``Extender->Add->Extensiontype-java`` feature.



## Usage



The tool uses a GUI which basic idea is similar to the [CyberChef](https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/). However, it introduces

a new concept which we call *lanes*. The output of a *CSTC* transformation is always determined

from the the last *lane* which has an active operation. This initially takes getting used to, but quickly feels intuitive.

Take a look at our basic tutorial on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUXvWfb_YWU) and make sure to read our initial

*CSTC* [blog post](https://herolab.usd.de/news-cyber-security-transformation-chef/).



**UPDATE:** Due to some incompatibility issues when installing *CSTC* via *BApp Store*, we had to switch to a new variable prefix.

Variables from other *lanes* have now to be prefixed by ``$`` e.g. like ``$Outgoing_step1``.



## FAQ



### How does the CSTC interact with other Extensions?



Requests and responses pass through the extensions in the order that they are listed, from top to bottom (as described [here](https://portswigger.net/burp/documentation/desktop/extensions/managing-extensions)).

Depending on the extensions in use, it may make sense to adjust the position of the CSTC. If you want to process a request manipulated by the CSTC in another extension,

the CSTC should be positioned above this extension. Conversely, the CSTC should be positioned below an extension if the CSTC is to work with the response processed by the extension in question.

Currently the Burp Montoya API doesn't offer a way to change this order automatically, therefore the CSTC cannot influence the interaction with other extensions itself.



## Feedback



We gladly appreciate all feedback, bug reports and feature requests.

Please understand that this tool is under active development and therefore will

probably contain some bugs :)