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Would "Search Bars" be considered Self-XSS ?

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  1. Former member

    I have made this mistake before, so i am just curious when starting on a new target would the search bar be a place to avoid ?

  2. Christophe

    Search bars can be a great place for reflected XSS, since they usually also change the URL as you search. So for example, say we had this search endpoint:

    cybr.com/search/

    When we'd type something in the search bar, we might see this happening to the URL:

    cybr.com/search/?q=example search query

    If you managed to find an XSS vulnerability through the search bar, and you could copy/paste the URL containing your payload, you could send it to a victim, and if they clicked on it, they'd trigger the XSS:

    cybr.com/search/?q=<script>alert(1)</script>

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