Topic

HTML and script injection

Class of software flaw in which untrusted input is written into a page without escaping, so a browser treats it as markup or executable code instead of text.

Current clusters

security2 publishers

Telegram Desktop exports made before July 14 still carry a bot's injected JavaScript

ExPatch says Telegram Desktop wrote bot button text into HTML chat exports without escaping it from March 2024 until a July fix, and updating the app leaves every file the earlier builds wrote unchanged on disk.

Publishers:securityaffairs.comthehackernews.com

Reality

Evidence65
Adoption40
Hype gap+15
Incentives55
Confidence62