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<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
<title>Insecure postMessage without Origin Validation (VULNERABLE)</title>
<style>
body { font-family: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial; margin: 2rem; line-height: 1.5; }
.card { border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; border-radius: 14px; padding: 1rem 1.25rem; box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.06); }
code, pre { background: #f8fafc; border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; border-radius: 8px; padding: .25rem .5rem; }
pre { padding: .75rem 1rem; overflow: auto; }
.danger { color: #b91c1c; font-weight: 700; }
#output { min-height: 48px; border: 1px dashed #e5e7eb; border-radius: 10px; padding: .75rem; background: #ffffff; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Insecure <code>postMessage</code> without Origin Validation <span class="danger">(VULNERABLE)</span></h1>
<p>This page intentionally demonstrates an insecure <code>message</code> event listener that <strong>does not validate <code>event.origin</code></strong> and blindly injects received content into the DOM.</p>

<div class="card" style="margin: 1rem 0;">
<p><strong>Status</strong></p>
<p id="origin">Last message origin: <em>(none)</em></p>
<div id="output">No message yet.</div>
</div>

<script>
// VULNERABLE IMPLEMENTATION — DO NOT USE IN PRODUCTION
// This listener accepts messages from ANY origin and injects the data into the DOM without sanitization.
window.addEventListener('message', (event) => {
// Shows the origin but FAILS to validate it (critical bug)
document.getElementById('origin').textContent = 'Last message origin: ' + event.origin;

// Dangerous sink: direct innerHTML assignment of untrusted data
const incoming = typeof event.data === 'string' ? event.data : JSON.stringify(event.data);
document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = incoming;
});
</script>

<hr />
<h2>How to reproduce the issue</h2>
<ol>
<li>Open <em>this</em> file in your browser (served via any origin).</li>
<li>In the browser console, open a different-origin tab (e.g., <code>example.com</code>):
<pre>window.open('https://example.com', 'attacker');</pre>
</li>
<li>Switch to the console of the newly opened tab and run:
<pre>window.opener.postMessage('&lt;img src=x onerror=alert(\'Injected via \n\' + location.origin + \n\' — NO ORIGIN CHECK!\')&gt;', '*');</pre>
You should see an alert on the vulnerable page and the DOM content updated.
</li>
</ol>

<!--
SECURE PATTERN (for reference only — intentionally not active):

window.addEventListener('message', (event) => {
const allowed = new Set(['https://trusted.example']);
if (!allowed.has(event.origin)) return; // Validate origin strictly

// Optionally, validate event.source as well and use structured, expected message shapes
// if (event.data && event.data.type === 'expected') { ... }

// Avoid dangerous sinks like innerHTML; prefer textContent or safe rendering
});
-->
</body>
</html>