Content spoofing, also known as a content injection, “arbitrary text injection,” or virtual defacement, is a user-targeted attack made feasible by a web application injection vulnerability. An attacker can submit content to a web application, generally via a parameter value, that is mirrored back to the user when an application does not correctly manage user-supplied data. This displays a changed page to the user inside the context of the trusted domain. Because the attack makes use of a code-based vulnerability and a user’s trust, it is commonly employed in conjunction with social engineering. As a side aside, this exploit is frequently misconstrued as a bug with no effect.
The risk variables are determined by the application’s business type. If the application company brand is well-known and has significant rivals, this issue can be exploited by hostile competitors/disgruntled employees/dissatisfied customers to cause the widespread dissemination of fraudulent messages to unwary consumers. Another dangerous aspect is doing SEO injection in such a way that search engines scan and index constructed URLs with faked content.
Customers may be forced to switch to competitors’ products as a result of this. This might result in the monetary loss until the affected business appropriately rectifies the situation. Shares of publicly traded firms will collapse, resulting in uncontrollable losses in the millions.
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