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Stealing User Information Via Automatic Form Filling

Browser and toolbar autofill features populate fields by name without asking the user, so an XSS payload can inject a hidden form carrying common field names and harvest whatever autofill supplies: name, address, card number, expiry. No social engineering is needed and the form need never be visible.

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