si.edu Cross Site Scripting vulnerability
Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-69070

Security Researcher Kenan Helped patch 2131 vulnerabilities
Received 6 Coordinated Disclosure badges
Received 6 recommendations , a holder of 6 badges for responsible and coordinated disclosure, found a security vulnerability affecting si.edu website and its users.

Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has:

      a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence;
      b. notified the website operator about its existence.

Affected Website:	si.edu
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Vulnerable Application:	Custom Code
Vulnerability Type:	XSS (Cross Site Scripting) / 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]
Discovered and Reported by:	Kenan Helped patch 2131 vulnerabilities Received 6 Coordinated Disclosure badges Received 6 recommendations
Remediation Guide:	OWASP XSS Prevention Cheat Sheet

Vulnerable URL:

HTTP POST data:

Screenshot:

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Coordinated Disclosure Timeline

Vulnerability Reported:	30 June, 2015 22:27 GMT
Vulnerability Verified:	30 June, 2015 22:30 GMT
Website Operator Notified:	30 June, 2015 22:30 GMT

a. Using publicly available security contacts
b. Using Open Bug Bounty notification framework
c. Using security contacts provided by the researcher
Public Report Published [without any technical details]:	30 June, 2015 22:30 GMT

Vulnerability Fixed:

25 July, 2017 12:00 GMT

Public Disclosure:  A security researcher can delete the report before public disclosure, afterwards the report cannot be deleted or modified anymore. The researcher can also postpone public disclosure date as long as reasonably required to remediate the vulnerability.

30 June, 2015 22:27 GMT

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