Error Page Content Spoofing or Text Injection
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Python Cryptographic Authority
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darkyos
Vulnerability Details
Technical details and impact analysis
Domain : cryptography.io
Description: Content spoofing, also referred to as content injection, "arbitrary text injection" or virtual defacement, is an attack targeting a user made possible by an injection vulnerability in a web application. When an application does not properly handle user-supplied data, an attacker can supply content to a web application, typically via a parameter value, that is reflected back to the user. This presents the user with a modified page under the context of the trusted domain.
Steps to Reproduce:
1 - Go to https://cryptography.io/en/latest/_sources/
2 - Write anything after the slash and it will be printed in the page
POC: https://cryptography.io/en/latest/_sources/%20%20%20%20%20%20%20This%20site%20is%20moved%20to%20attacker.com
Reference:
https://hackerone.com/reports/498562
https://hackerone.com/reports/327671
Solution:
Just delete the printed path from the page
## Impact
This attack is typically used as, or in conjunction with social engineering because the attack is exploiting a code-based vulnerability and a user's trust. As a side note, this attack is widely misunderstood as a kind of bug that brings no impact.
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State
Closed
Substate
Resolved