Host Header Injection & Open Redirection leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Disclosed by
ashraff_01
Summary by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Vulnerability Disclosure Program

The XSS report would is considered informational, since it only demonstrates a self attack. The payload is being injected by intercepting the request, so the victim would have to inject the payload themselves.

Summary by ashraff_01

During the security assessment of the NASA website, I identified a severe vulnerability caused by improper handling of HTTP headers, specifically the X-Forwarded-Host header. The vulnerability allows an attacker to manipulate the HTTP response headers and body content, resulting in an open redirection and potential reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack.

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