Re:Stealing passwords from McDonald's users
by Orangeair on Sunday January 15, 2017 @11:49PM
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> Is that correct?
Yes, that's the classic XSS attack pattern. It's like phishing, but better since you're sending the person a link to the actual website. And once they've clicked on it, they're already screwed; they don't even need to manually enter any information.
> how?
Once you have the cookie, its as simple as something like making an XMLHttpRequest to your own server that includes the decrypted email and password from the cookies.
Yes, that's the classic XSS attack pattern. It's like phishing, but better since you're sending the person a link to the actual website. And once they've clicked on it, they're already screwed; they don't even need to manually enter any information.
> how?
Once you have the cookie, its as simple as something like making an XMLHttpRequest to your own server that includes the decrypted email and password from the cookies.