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habitat.mit.edu Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

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Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-1005198 Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the **[ISO 29147](<https://www.iso.org/standard/45170.html>)** standard, Open Bug Bounty has: &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspa. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspb. notified the website operator about its existence. Affected Website:| **[habitat.mit.edu](<https://habitat.mit.edu>) ** ---|--- Open Bug Bounty Program:| **Create your bounty program now**. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| **[XSS (Cross Site Scripting)](<https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cross-site_Scripting_\(XSS\)>)** / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1 [CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N] Disclosure Standard:| Coordinated Disclosure based on **[ISO 29147](<https://www.iso.org/standard/45170.html>)** guidelines Discovered and Reported by:| **devl00p ** Remediation Guide:| **[OWASP XSS Prevention Cheat Sheet](<https://github.com/OWASP/CheatSheetSeries/blob/master/cheatsheets/Cross_Site_Scripting_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.md>)** Export Vulnerability Data:| Bugzilla Vulnerability Data JIRA Vulnerability Data [ Configuration ] Mantis Vulnerability Data Splunk Vulnerability Data XML Vulnerability Data [ XSD ] Vulnerable URL: ![](data:image/png;base64, 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--- **Screenshot:** ![habitat.mit.edu vulnerability](/twimages/screen-1005198.jpg) **Mirror:** [Click here to view the mirror](<http://1005198.openbounty.org/mirror/>) ### Coordinated Disclosure Timeline Vulnerability Reported:| 28 October, 2019 13:21 GMT ---|--- Vulnerability Verified:| 28 October, 2019 13:35 GMT Website Operator Notified:| 28 October, 2019 13:35 GMT a. Using the ISO 29147 guidelines| ![](/images/done.png) ---|--- b. Using publicly available security contacts| ![](/images/done.png) c. Using Open Bug Bounty notification framework| ![](/images/done.png) d. Using security contacts provided by the researcher| ![](/images/done.png) Public Report Published [without any technical details]:| 28 October, 2019 13:35 GMT Additional notification email sent:| 4 January, 2020 10:23 GMT