Which is an example of a reflected XSS exploit?
Reflected XSS exploits occur when an attacker causes a user to supply dangerous content to a vulnerable web application, which is then reflected back to the user and executed by the web browser.
Is the application vulnerable to cross site scripting ( XSS )?
The impact of XSS is moderate for reflected and DOM XSS, and severe for stored XSS, with remote code execution on the victim’s browser, such as stealing credentials, sessions, or delivering malware to the victim. Is the Application Vulnerable?
What kind of problems can XSS attacks cause?
XSS can cause a variety of problems for the end user that range in severity from an annoyance to complete account compromise. The most severe XSS attacks involve disclosure of the user’s session cookie, allowing an attacker to hijack the user’s session and take over the account.
Are there any XSS that are browser dependent?
Content Type Forcing – The XSS you may have missed. It is pretty well known that some Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities can be browser depended. For example in one of my past write ups, I covered a type of XSS that only worked on IE/Edge in a file upload functionality. However, not many people know that XSS can also be OS dependent.
How does an XSS attack steal your cookies?
This attack will use JavaScript to steal the current users cookies, as well as their session cookie. Let’s break this payload down. It uses a script tag to append an image to the current page. When the browser loads the image, the victim will send his cookies to evildomain where the attacker stores the victims cookies.
Are there any ready made frameworks for exploiting XSS?
The scope of custom attacks is only limited by the imagination of the attacker, however if he lacks the imagination, there’s ready-made frameworks for exploiting XSS to it’s fullest! One of the most, if not the most, popular is called The Browser Exploitation Framework or just, BeEF.