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Investigate Alternative XSS Detection
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- Dominant language
- Java
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Description
Hello. In the above challenge '' Cross Site Scripting Two '' the following produces the XSS alert although it is not captured as correct by the application <marquee/onstart=alert('XSS')>. Am i doing something wrong or is it a bug? This is in Iceweasel version 38.5.0
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Research direction
Reproduce the Cross Site Scripting Two challenge using the reported <marquee/onstart=alert('XSS')> payload in Iceweasel 38.5.0. Compare the XSS alert with the application's correctness check and determine whether the payload should be accepted or the behavior is a bug.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- security, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100