--- type: Article title: Using POST method to bypass IE-browser protected XSS description: "A short note testing browser XSS filters against POST-delivered payloads. Chrome and Safari block both GET and POST reflected XSS, but Internet Explorer's XSS Filter only inspects GET, so the same payload posted in a form body is reflected unfiltered. Two screenshots contrast the filtered and unfiltered cases." resource: "https://web.archive.org/web/20170903113359/http://seckb.yehg.net/2012/06/using-post-method-to-bypass-ie-browser.html" tags: [article, webseclist-reference, seckb-yehg-net, xss, filter-bypass, http, sanitizer-bypass, detection, owasp-a03-2021, owasp-a05-2021, owasp-a09-2021] generated: by: webseclist-refs/1 at: "2026-08-10T15:57:56+00:00" status: stable stale_after: 2027-08-10 sources: - id: original resource: "https://web.archive.org/web/20170903113359/http://seckb.yehg.net/2012/06/using-post-method-to-bypass-ie-browser.html" title: Using POST method to bypass IE-browser protected XSS - id: canonical resource: "https://web.archive.org/web/20171009145357/http://seckb.yehg.net/2012/06/using-post-method-to-bypass-ie-browser.html" - id: capture resource: "https://web.archive.org/web/20170903113359/http://seckb.yehg.net/2012/06/using-post-method-to-bypass-ie-browser.html" also_at: [] authors: [] canonical_url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20171009145357/http://seckb.yehg.net/2012/06/using-post-method-to-bypass-ie-browser.html" cited_by: - "2012.md:49" commit: "" content_sha256: b30cc712f9080b20515fbb4f08066ea175c3f98c7d521a6cf07282af1a4bba0b depth: full depth_reason: default kind: article language: "" licence: unknown original_url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20170903113359/http://seckb.yehg.net/2012/06/using-post-method-to-bypass-ie-browser.html" published: "" publisher: seckb.yehg.net publisher_english: "" raw_sha256: 2c9e9562a5bab989186926c88c1f61b1d06f00dfc61e39faaa31722532ecfac3 retrieved_from: "https://web.archive.org/web/20171009145357/http://seckb.yehg.net/2012/06/using-post-method-to-bypass-ie-browser.html" retrieved_kind: live retrieved_utc: "2026-08-10T15:57:56+00:00" slug: seckb-yehg-net-using-post-method-bypass-ie-browser-protected-xss snapshot: 20170903113359 title_english: "" translation_file: "" translation_of: "" --- # Using POST method to bypass IE-browser protected XSS **Using POST method to bypass IE-browser protected XSS** - Author not stated, seckb.yehg.net. - Published: date not stated - Original: - Current location: - Preserved from: https://web.archive.org/web/20171009145357/http://seckb.yehg.net/2012/06/using-post-method-to-bypass-ie-browser.html (live) on 2026-08-10 - Capture timestamp: 20170903113359 - Licence: unknown Rights remain with the original author and publisher. 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