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Bypassing CSP with dangling iframes

A dangling iframe name captures following HTML, including secrets. An attacker-controlled outer frame navigates the victim iframe to about:blank, gains access, and reads the preserved window.name. This extracts data without executing JavaScript in the victim document despite restrictive CSP.

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Gareth Heyes
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PortSwigger
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XSS

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