Re: <BASE> tag used for hijacking external resources (XSS)
- From: Mario Vilas <mvilas@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:12:10 +0100
Makes sense as a trick to bypass some crappy XSS filters that look
forstrings like "javascript:", but I don't think it's a vulnerability
in itself.
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Jann Horn <jannhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
2011/12/15 Bouke van Laethem <vanlaethem@xxxxxxxxx>:
ISSUE:
The <base> tag is parsed outside of <head></head>. This can lead to
the base being reset, both before and after the <base> tag being
injected, depending on browser types and versions. As a result, images
and javascript can be loaded from an attackers domain, and forms and
hyperlinks point to the attackers domain.
Erm... so you're basically assumint that the attacker can inject stuff
into the page? If that's the case, you should have other issues than
your links getting altered or so, no? E.g. what about javascript
injection?
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