U.S. Dept Of Defense · Report #1159371
[www.█████] Path-based reflected Cross Site Scripting
Validstatus
mediumseverity
3upvotes
7 Apr 2022disclosed
How it was found
Description:
The www.██████ endpoint is vulnerable to path-based reflected XSS which allows attackers to pass rogue JavaScript to unsuspecting users.
Impact
This flaw allows attackers to pass rogue JavaScript to unsuspecting users. Since the user’s browser has no way to know the script should not be trusted, it will execute the script, which can then access any cookies, session tokens, or other sensitive information retained by the browser and used with your website. In fact, here is a list of 21 other things that hackers can do with an XSS flaw: https://s0md3v.github.io/21-things-xss/
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Steps to Reproduce
- Visit
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