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Re: Recent Application Test
From: "K. K. Mookhey" <cto () nii co in>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 23:34:01 +0530
Typically, the way in which this problem can be exploited is similar to an XSS attack. You would send another user of that site a URL that had vulnsite.com to begin with, but would redirect him to an obfuscated IP address or URL of the attacker's choice. The attacker's site could be set up to mimic the original website, or it could try and download malicious code to exploit browser vulnerabilities, or it could be used to try and steal his cookie. This is definitely a security vulnerability.
ramatkal () hotmail com wrote:
During a recent Application pen test I came across a url of the form:http://www.vulnsite.com/cgi-bin/vulnscript.jsp?url=www.website.com&id=12345I changed the url parameter to something like url=www.google.com and google appeared in my browser. Next, i changed the url to url=www.whatismyip.com, hoping that the ip address of the webserver would be displayed, however, only my ip address was displayed. This means that my browser is loading the url parameter as opposed to the webserver script fethching the url and then displaying it for me in my browser right? Is this a security issue?
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