Introduction to Reflected XSS in a JavaScript URL with some characters blocked
Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in a JavaScript URL with blocked characters is a web security vulnerability where untrusted user input is not properly sanitized or validated. To mitigate this risk, JavaScript URLs can be used directly in the browser’s address bar or HTML attributes. However, if input validation is inadequate, attackers can bypass restrictions and inject malicious scripts, leading to unauthorized actions, data theft, and compromised user accounts. To minimize this vulnerability, web developers should implement comprehensive input validation and output encoding practices, prioritize web security, follow secure coding practices, and conduct regular security audits.
Lab Solutions | Practical Work Time XSS in a JavaScript URL
This lab reflects your input in a JavaScript URL, but all is not as it seems. This initially seems like a trivial challenge; however, the application is blocking some characters in an attempt to prevent XSS attacks.
To solve the lab, perform a cross-site scripting attack that calls the alert function with the string 1337 contained somewhere in the alert message.
Stepwise Solution of the lab:-
After accessing the lab you can see there are lots of posts. (Scroll down a little bit)
But here we have nothing to do with those things. We will directly jump on URL. And inject this below payload.
post?postId=5&%27},x=x=%3E{throw/**/onerror=alert,1337},toString=x,window%2b%27%27,{x:%27
After putting a ” / ” I simply wrote the payload. Now press enter and let’s see what will happen.
Well! We’ve successfully solved this lab.
Scroll down until the end. Here we found a button called Back to Blog. Click on it.
Well, we got a prompt or you can say Reflected XSS (Cross-site Scripting).
Be ready for its other parts 🙂
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FAQS
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