HexBrain

Lab45 · Report #789652

Reflected-XSS on https://www.topcoder.com/tc via pt parameter

Validstatus
mediumseverity
9upvotes
4 Sept 2020disclosed

How it was found

Summary:

I Found an XSS(Reflected) at the URL mentioned and the injected parameter is: pt Steps To Reproduce: 1-go to this URL [https://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=ReviewBoard&pt=1] $$you will recognize that is parameter (pt) is reflecting its value into the page 2- try injecting this parameter with HTML tags or XSS payloads the payloads I used 1-for HTML Injection = <a+href="https://bing.com">LINK</a> 2-for XSS = <script>confirm(1)</script>

Impact

XSS can be used for : 1- Cookie stealing 2- Pishing attacks 3- URL redirection etc....

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