WHID 2007-69: The Orkut XSS Worm

Attack Information
WHID ID: 
2007-69
Date Occured: 
19 Dec 2007
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Target Information
Attacked Entity Field: 
Web 2.0
Attacked Entity Geography: 
USA

A vulnerability in the social networking site Orkut that allowed users to inject HTML and JavaScript into their profiles set the stage for a persistent XSS worm that appears to have affected more than 650,000 Orkut users.

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