Questions tagged [reflected-xss]
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Bypassing htmlspecialchars() for XSS (Reflected) and using an event handler is not an option in this case
I am trying to bypass high security XSS on DVWA. So the vulnerable code(I highly doubt that is it really vulnerable?) is:-
<?php
if(!array_key_exists ("name", $_GET) || $_GET['name'] == NULL || $...
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Finding hidden parameters manually for XSS
I am researching about XSS and Google helped me a lot about learning like how to bypass XSS filters, POST and GET based XSS .
I am really curious to know how to find hidden parameters manually for ...
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XSS triggered but chrome didn't show popup. What exactly was going on?
Related to my previous question on XSS in canonical link.
At the beginning I turned off Chrome's XSS auditor and tried executing XSS with just onload event using following payload which did not ...
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Reflected XSS which only displays in the input [closed]
I am trying to execute an XSS in an HTTP GET request,but it just displays the input without running the script.
I checked in BurpSuite and I see it added my input to referer: url and then my input.
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XSS vulnerability in display message
I have a webpage in which Email is given as input. It will then display "your email is abc@xyz.com". I am then changing the email in URL to <script>alert(1)</script> and send tbe request ...
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CSS Injection without colon
I'm looking for a way to create a CSS injection proof-of-concept. I can insert the following and it gets reflected in the browser:
<style>body{background-color:red}</style>
The only ...
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What are the common features to identify XSS attack from Apache log file?
I have tried some XSS vulnerability on web application such as webgoat, OWASP mutillidae, bWAPP. I want to know the features/keywords/footprints of cross site scripting attack in apache log file and ...
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Exploit: Send cookie to another server from url
I'm testing a web application and found that url contains "redirect=" where it navigates to new location once logged in.
http://IPAddress/?redirect_uri=test
I'm trying to exploit the cookie using ...
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Reflected XSS in multiline script block
I am trying to exploit a reflected cross site scripting in a GET request where the reflection is in the first multi line script block.
It seems I can use every character but <, > and " and the ...
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How does OWASP ZAP find Reflected XSS?
What I'm doing:
I'm using OWASP Zap to find vulnerabilities in a site (I have the owner's consent) and Zap came up with a Reflected XSS Vulnerability after I did an active scan on a POST request. It ...
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Why the following XSS vectors work without closing bracket?
The following XSS injections will execute without the accompanying closing tag (see this demo):
<body/onload=alert(1)
<svg/onload=alert(1)
<iframe/onload=alert(1)
I just need to know why ...
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Are unescaped backslashes dangerous in terms of XSS?
I thought the \ (backslash) character was a dangerous character that you needed to filter out/properly encode to protect against XSS attacks (OWASP says so, too), and I still do, but why?
I found a ...
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How can I steal all cookies from reflected XSS?
I just found a website with a XSS vulnerability. When I visit the following URL, a pop up occurs:
https://example.com/article/HALLOWEEN"><script>alert(1);</script>
I have a ...
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Is this code vulnerable to Reflected XSS?
I'm doing a pentest and came by this code:
(function() {
var subdomain = (function() {
var query = /[?&]css=([^&#]*)/i.exec(window.location.search);
if(...
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XSS vulnerability through burp suite
I am getting a XSS vulnerability through burp suite but when I inject script manually I don't get the XSS vulnerability.
Is this a reportable vulnerability?
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What are some ways to execute a reflected XSS attach
I was wondering how many different methods exist for executing XSS attacks.
In just about every demonstration I see, the attack is triggered in one of the below 3 ways:
By entering the script into ...
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Xss filtering of single quote [closed]
Any hint Here
Bypass filtering of single quote
http://leettime.net/xsslab1/stage--08.php
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XSS with URL encoding
If a website URL gets encoded then is the website still vulnerable to XSS or no?
For example, if I try <script>alert(1)</script> and the site URL encodes my payload to %3Cscript%3Ealert(1)...
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Why is unsanitized output from ajax request bad?
I know what I just described is a reflected XSS vulnerability. What I can't figure out is why it is a vulnerability. Because the way I see it, a user can't be directed to the attacker's content ...
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What is the XSS auditor in Chrome/Firefox and how do I find bypasses?
I've been doing a lot of bug bounties lately and although I've been gaining reputation and experience, I never seem to find XSS even in private programs. Items are always being reflected as HTML.
It ...
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Bypass this unique XSS filter?
I found a website that reflected back the user inputs. But the problem is when I inject this payload <svg/onload=alert(1)> I get an error.
But when I use this payload <%20svg/onload=alert(1)&...
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Why does Chromes XSS filter block injection into HTML element, but not into attribute?
I have this vulnerable code which takes a GET parameter, and puts it inside a HTML element (h1) as well as inside a HTML attribute (data-text):
$data = $_GET["payload"];
echo "<h1>" .$data. "&...
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How to bypass response Location in order to obtain content XSS?
In some basic steps:
POST Request containing a photo with multipart/form-data.
HTTP/1.1 302 Found respond with redirect back to formular
Redirect to initial formular.
In case 1 we are able to ...
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How to ensure the third party CDN is secure (and stays secure)?
Most of the modern applications are using CDN for third party libraries. For example, let's say I use xxxv2.min.js from cdn.example.com/xxxv2.min.js
Everything is good, until the day that company has ...
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XSS in textarea when < and > are not allowed?
I am trying to perform XSS on the injection point marked with XXXX here:
<textarea name="billing[something]" id="billing-something" rows="1"
type="phone" title="something" placeholder="something" ...
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How to bypass server side XSS filter for characters like < > / * [duplicate]
i was trying to exploit a website using XSS, but whenever I try an injection containing <, >, / or * I get the following message:
I think website is trying to protect against XSS commands using ...
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Bypassing <, > XSS filter
<img class="avatar" src="MY INPUT SPACE">
I am trying to bypass an XSS filter but it is not working since given <, > are filtered. I feel like it I could break it since only these two ...
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How to report a vulnerability in a site that wants to call the FBI?
I was browsing a site recently that looked like it had been designed in 2000. However, this site has a good Alexa rank and a fairly active online community. For the protection of the site, I will not ...
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xsser fails to find easy XSS vulnerability (Web For Pentester)
I tried to evaluate the effectivity of xsser (http://xsser.03c8.net) by letting it run against the "Web For Pentester" XSS tests (https://pentesterlab.com/exercises/web_for_pentester/course) is it ...
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Reflected XSS only works through Burp Repeater because of URL encoding
I am able to get reflected XSS through burp repeater using a GET request. I then click on show response in browser and I am able to get an XSS alert. But when I manually go to the URL in my browser ...
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Bypassing browsers URL encoding to do reflected XSS from query parameter?
I tried to get reflected XSS in vulnerable website with a request to the following URL:
https://vulnerable.website/dir/dir?param1=test"><svg/onload=alert(1)>
The browser URL encode the ...
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XSS vulnerabillity in response
I'm checking for reflective XSS in a website and have noticed that the website uses the concept of HTML escaping, so basically any special/invalid characters are escaped. So injecting is not that easy....
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How to perform XSS in hidden HTML input fields using accesskey?
I am trying to insert a XSS payload into a hidden HTML input field. I know it works with a script tag like below, but I am looking for other alternatives.
<input type="hidden" name="date" value=""/...
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XSS - double quote and backslash escaping
I'm currently testing my own XSS filter and don't know if I thought everything through, so I need some advice.
Let's say my code looks like this:
<script>
var test = {src: "test", layer: {"...
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Reverse shell using XSS [closed]
If a certain web application is vastly vulnerable to XSS attacks, is it possible for the attacker to gain a reverse shell using an certain XSS payload without uploading any mallicous files to the web ...
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Impact of the response content-type on the exploitability of XSS
I've come across an API of a web application I'm testing, which reflects with unescaped, unencoded, user-controlled data for some requests. However, the response includes the header Content-Type: ...
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XSS inside anchor tag (<a>) without user interaction?
Is it possible to inject a payload inside <a> tag such that the script runs without user interaction?
The injection is inside the href attribute. I can inject onmouseover or onclick attributes, ...
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JS bug is stopping xss payload to exeute
The XSS vector is at the * but the function issue_type is not declared hence my payload is not getting executed.
following is the instance of the vulnerable code:-
<select name="sub_subissues" ...
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Is all reflected XSS bad?
I stumbled on a site today that was vulnerable to XSS. I was able to get an alert box to display via an input box and some JavaScript. I was about to report this to the site owner, but I realized ...
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Is reflected XSS still relevant today?
I've been learning more about XSS (for the unfamiliar, Excess XSS is a great resource). I opted to get my hands dirty and give Reflected XSS a try on a local environment. I set up a very simple ...
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Why is an XSS payload in the address bar executed?
I was playing with OWASP Mutillidae II and in one page I've found a vulnerability. In the address bar I've wrote something like this:
127.0.0.1/.../?page=text-file-viewer.php/"><script>...
