U.S. Dept Of Defense · Report #1636345
Reflected cross site scripting in https://███████
How it was found
It was observed that the application is vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS). XSS is a type of attack that involves running a malicious scripts on a victim’s browser.
request.txt attacked poc attached
Impact
Cookie Stealing - A malicious user can steal cookies and use them to gain access to the application. Arbitrary requests - An attacker can use XSS to send requests that appear to be from the victim to the web server. Malware download - XSS can prompt the user to download malware. Since the prompt looks like a legitimate request from the site, the user may be more likely to trust the request and actually install the malware. Defacement - attacker can deface the website usig javascript code.
System Host(s)
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Affected Product(s) and Version(s)
CVE Numbers
Steps to Reproduce
run request attached