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    How do you spell JavaScript again?

    By Gareth Heyes (@hackvertor)

    Published 15 years 3 months ago • Last updated March 26, 2025 • ⏱️ < 1 min read

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    So I came across a cool post to hack the new HTML5 parser that Opera is developing, it is awesome that a vendor says hey c'mon look what we've done, please try and break our stuff. I couldn't resist having a go as they asked so nicely and within minutes....

    <a href="jav&#65ascript:alert(1)">test1</a> <a href="jav&#97ascript:alert(1)">test2</a>

    That's not how you spell JavaScript :)

    Opera dudes pro tip:- JavaScript protocol fuzzer

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