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Challenge 14: XSS bypass blacklisted JS function
This article goes into depth discussing an alternative JavaScript function, namely “confirm()”. It serves as an alternative for the JavaScript “alert()” function when the latter is unavailable.
Challenge 13: XSS in HTML Anchor Tag
Check out how a security risk can arise from an improperly configured dynamic link generation tag and which can result in XSS exploitation.
Challenge 12: XSS CSP bypass through remote payload
Learn how to bypass a misconfigured CSP policy and how it can lead to the successful exploitation of cross-site scripting vulnerability.
Challenge 11: XSS CSP bypass through an inline script
Learn how a misconfigured CSP can be bypassed, potentially leading to the successful exploitation of cross-site scripting vulnerability.
Challenge 10: XSS bypass backslash escape
Check out how the XSS can be exploited in the HTML tags and learn more about tag-based XSS payload.
Challenge 9: XSS in the hidden input field
Check out how the XSS can also be exploited in hidden input parameter fields with examples.
Challenge 8: XSS bypass improper output encoding
Learn how the partially implemented HTML output encoding can be bypassed for exploiting XSS vulnerability using the HTML5 attributes
Challenge 7: XSS in a dropdown list
Learn how the XSS vulnerability can be found in other params even though it is not editable by the browser using the BurpSuite Proxy tool
Challenge 6: XSS Bypass Client-Side Blacklist Validation
Learn why client-side validation cannot be trusted all the time and how it can be tampered with by using BurpSuite as a proxy for exploiting XSS