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U.S. Dept Of Defense · Report #804364

Reflected XSS on https://███████/

Validstatus
mediumseverity
4upvotes
30 Jul 2020disclosed

How it was found

Summary:

Hey Team,

There is reflected xss on https://█████/kinetic/ when certain action results in 404 error.

Description:

I am using some random strings paths after kinetic in https://███████/kinetic/ if that path is not exist then it says 404 not found. Strings is not sanitized after kinetic/ due to which any one can able to use Java Script code after kinetic/ and it executed successfully leads to reflected xss.

Impact

The attacker can able to execute JS code.

Step-by-step Reproduction Instructions

  1. open this https://████████/kinetic/1%3C!--%3E%3CSvg%20OnLoad=(confirm)(document.domain)--%3E/ in firefox
  2. You will get alert pop up.

Product, Version, and Configuration (If applicable)

Suggested Mitigation/Remediation Actions

Sanitize string

Impact

The attacker can able to execute JS code.

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