Persistent XSS Vulnerability in White House Website

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:51:00 +0000

The Hacker News: Alexander Fuchs, A German Security Researcher Discover Persistent XSS Vulnerability in Official website of White House.

“The petition system is vulnerable. Every Petition i start or join will execute my code. I could join all petitions and my code will be executed on all users who visit the petition system.” He said.
Read full story in German: http://www.1337core.de/2011/die-whitehouse-gov-lol-petition/

The XSS Demo is here: https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/security/WxgwM7DS
Advisory: http://vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=308
What is XSS? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting

Facebook and The White House join forces in the fight against bullying

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:49:00 +0000

Examiner.com wrote: As many people are aware, bullying today is not like it used to be. Back in the day, all one had to do to turn his bully in was give the name of the person who bothered him to a trusted adult. Today, it is not that easy. Bullying doesn’t end at the school bell. It follows students from the blacktop to their cell phones to their computer screens. Many times, these “cyber bullies” create fake online profiles which allow them to bully anonymously. Kids in turn learn to fear school instead of perceiving it as a place of safety. Consider these staggering statistics- One third of middle school and high school students report being bullied during the school year. Almost 3 million students have said they were pushed, shoved, tripped and even spit on. Those are only the reported incidents of bullying. It does not include the day to day bullying that goes unreported. Bullying has also shown to lead to absences and poor performance in the classroom.

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Persistent XSS Vulnerability in White House Website

Facebook and The White House join forces in the fight against bullying