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Can you exploit this XSS?


From: Paul Johnston <paul () westpoint ltd uk>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:51:17 +0000

Hi,

While auditing a web app, I've found the site redirects not found pages to a login screen. This contains an element like:

<input type="hidden"  name="tageturl" value="XXX">

Now, the XXX bit is controlled by the user, and it seems the only characters escaped are " and & - i.e. <script>alert(document.cookie)</script> gets through (hence my tool alerted me).

Can this be exploited for XSS? I can't see how to immediately, but it seems possible.

Paul

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Paul Johnston
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Westpoint Limited
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Manchester, M1 5LN
England
Tel: +44 (0)161 237 1028
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email: paul () westpoint ltd uk
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