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Detecting users via Authenticated Redirects

kuza55

Redirects that only fire for logged-in users leak session state without needing an open redirect: append a random token to the login-return URL, then use the CSS :visited history hack to see whether the browser followed it. Full working Orkut proof of concept included.

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Researcher

kuza55

In the archive

• Nominated for the 2007 Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques

Tags

• xsleak
• info-leak
• open-redirect
• css
• iframe
• javascript
• owasp-a04-2021

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