mandatoryprogrammer / mandatoryprogrammer/xsshunter
500 error if api/uploads does not exist
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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- 1.6k
- Forks
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Description
If the xsshunter/api/uploads folder does not exist, the server will respond with 500 errors (failure in the upload_screenshot function) and xss fires will not be recorded.
Checking for the existence of this folder at runtime or initial configuration should solve this issue.
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Research direction
Start at the upload_screenshot function and reproduce the failure with the xsshunter/api/uploads folder absent. Ensure the missing folder is handled during runtime or initial configuration, then verify that uploads no longer return 500 errors and XSS fires are recorded.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100