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Reflected Server XSS

Reflected server XSS - is a XSS attack when an attacker sends payload from victim request to the server and server append this payload to the response. - XSS in GET request parameters. An attacker create link on original site with XSS payload in url and a victim open it. - XSS in POST. An attacker need to create own site like original and when a vicim open it the post request will be sent to the original web site. Example of payload in GET parameters:

http://example.com?s=<script> alert(0); </script>

How attacker sends payload tho the victim request

  1. Through an email, chat message or link to another site

References

  1. web200.Cross-Site Scripting Introduction and Discovery.Cross-Site Scripting - Discovery.Reflected Server XSS