FirstBlood-#1005Xss on about.html
This issue was discovered on FirstBlood v3



On 2022-12-08, didsec Level 5 reported:

Hi There

I found a XSS on the about.html page via the redirect_url parameter . The parameter is missing sensitization

Payload

javascript:alert(document.domain)

Steps To Reproduce

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Extra

this will endpoint will also act as a open redirect by using the payload //evil.com

Impact

  • Perform any action within the application that the user can perform.
  • View any information that the user is able to view.
  • Modify any information that the user is able to modify.
  • Initiate interactions with other application users, including malicious attacks, that will appear to originate from the initial victim user..
  • Steal user's cookie.

Supporting Material/References:

P3 Medium


FirstBlood ID: 45
Vulnerability Type: Reflective XSS

The endpoint about.php was introduced to replace about.html, but code on about.html introduces an XSS vulnerability via the javascript: URI

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@zseano

Creator & Administrator


Congratulations, you were the first user to discover this bug, great work! Apologies for the confusing emails you may of received, we were experiecing some issues on our end.