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Algolia · Report #164833

Hyperlink Injection in Friend Invitation Emails

Validstatus
$100bounty
20upvotes
7 Oct 2016disclosed

How it was found

Description

A user can change their last name to a URL in order to send email invitations containing malicious hyperlinks.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Create a new Algolia account with the last name http://example.com.
  2. Navigate to My Account > Referrral
  3. Send an invitation to an email address that you control

You will receive a new email with the last name being a link to a potentially malicious site.

Consequences

This permits users to send malicious/phishing links to potential clients. It could also have an effect on how spam filters treat algolia.com emails.

This report was disclosed publicly on HackerOne and belongs to its author and the program. See the original