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Basic XSS Prober - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: basic-xss-prober

Severity: low

Author: nadino,geeknik

Tags: xss,generic

Description

Section titled “Description”

A cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered via generic testing. Manual testing is needed to verify exploitation.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: basic-xss-prober


info:
  name: Basic XSS Prober - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: nadino,geeknik
  severity: low
  description: A cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered via generic testing. Manual testing is needed to verify exploitation.
  # Basic XSS prober
  # Manual testing needed for exploitation
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
  tags: xss,generic


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/%61%27%22%3e%3c%69%6e%6a%65%63%74%61%62%6c%65%3e"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "\"><injectable>"
        part: body


      - type: word
        words:
          - "text/html"
        part: header


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100e4431c802f151f01ee21b3c590ff1b2a764e23c362e31a7158fb2c55d90ee6d7022100d0beae04e4a5d081a47bbbe1665f1c3c52ddbae5b67751628ae97876ea8d73fb:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/vulnerabilities/generic/basic-xss-prober.yaml"

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