Methods to Exploit HTML Injection

In this article, we will discuss the HTML Injection vulnerability, and 3 methods of how to creatively leverage it for exploitation.

Firstly, let’s have an overview of HTML Injection.

What is HTML Injection?

Before starting to go into details, I want to clarify that HTML Injection is not Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). Those two are totally different vulnerabilities.

In an XSS attack, you are able to inject JavaScript into the vulnerable application. On the other side, in an HTML…