Stored XSS in Yahoo
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A stored XSS vulnerability was found in Yahoo News comments section using image tag payload variations. The researcher earned $2000 total bounty for reporting and resolving the issue within 11 days.
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April 27, 2018 (Updated: June 18, 2018)
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Well, This is Shahzada Al Shahriar Khan. And I am from Bangladesh.
Now I am going to share how I found Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Yahoo.
Steps to Reproduce:
Go to https://www.yahoo.com/news
Comment this payload: ">
Now what? Voila! We get the famous confirm(1) to popup! :D
I am trying another payload that I can write something in popup box, and found this payload:
That moment I feel like a boss!
Here is the video PoC:
Timeline:
31/03/2018 — Initial Report.
01/04/2018 — HackerOne staff asked for 'Needs more info.'
01/04/2018 — More Info Submitted.
04/04/2018 — Triaged and a $300 initial bounty rewarded.
06/04/2018 — Bug Resolved.
11/04/2018 — $1700 bounty rewarded. ( Total $2000 )
Thanks for reading…./
./TheShahada
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Originally published at steemit.com on April 27, 2018.
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