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Comment by Orangeair

> 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.

parent Orangeair 9 years ago

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