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submitted 1 year ago by AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca to c/main@lemmy.ca

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/923025

lemmy.world is a victim of an XSS attack right now and the hacker simply injected a JavaScript redirection into the sidebar.

It appears the Lemmy backend does not escape HTML in the main sidebar. Not sure if this is also true for community sidebars.

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[-] minnieo@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I’m supposed to be at work in just over 5 hours.

shit that sucks. this happened at a bad time, i'm sorry. are their people besides you who are keeping an eye on this and maintaining it, for when you go off to work or when you need to sleep? cause everyone needs their sleep

this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023
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