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    New XSS vector

    By Gareth Heyes (@hackvertor)

    Published 17 years 8 months ago • Last updated March 22, 2025 • ⏱️ < 1 min read

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    Yes a XSS post again. I'm sorry :)

    I've been having fun testing some really good filters (some of the best in the business IMO). I found a vector that isn't on rsnake's cheat sheet. Check it out:-

    Only works on IE

    <pre lang="html"> &lt;isindex type=image src=1 onerror=alert(1)&gt; </pre>

    Because IE treats the isindex element (a very old html element) as a input tag you can specify the same attributes and execute javascript.

    Update...

    Found another variation which is pretty cool:-

    <pre lang="html"> &lt;isindex action=javascript:alert(1) type=image&gt; </pre>

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