Collected research

How to Conceal XSS Injection in HTML5

Samuli Hakoniemi · samuli.hakoniemi.net

HTML5's history.pushState() rewrites the address bar path without reloading, so a reflected XSS payload can erase its own query string from the visible URL immediately after running. The proof of concept injects a script that repoints the login form's action at an attacker host, then hides the injection. Worked in Chrome 9 and Firefox 4 beta.

Record

Researcher

Samuli Hakoniemi

Published by

samuli.hakoniemi.net

Topic

XSS

In the archive

• Collected in the 2010 research round

Tags

• xss
• javascript
• url-parsing
• dom
• owasp-a03-2021

This page is the archive's own catalogue record. The research is the work of Samuli Hakoniemi, first published at the original source. Preserved copies are kept so the citation survives its host; this one was last captured on 11 August 2026.