# dangling-markup-injection

A playbook for dangling markup injection: when HTML injection works but JavaScript is blocked, it shows how to pull CSRF tokens and page data through unclosed tags.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3600 installs · ★ 2547
- Author: yaklang
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/yaklang/hack-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/dangling-markup-injection/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/dangling-markup-injection

## What it does

The skill covers a technique where you drop an unclosed tag into an HTML injection point, with a `src`, `href` or `action` attribute aimed at your server. The dangling quote swallows everything after it until the browser finds a matching quote, so page content ends up in the request URL.

Exfiltration vectors are laid out one by one: `img`, a hijacked `form action`, a `base` override, `meta refresh`, a stylesheet `link`, the legacy table `background` attribute, video `poster`. A separate table lists what can be taken — CSRF tokens, pre-filled form values, API keys sitting in inline scripts, session identifiers, OAuth parameters.

There is a browser section too. Chrome 60 and later refuses the load when a URL attribute value contains `<` or a newline, so the skill points you at `<form action>` instead. Firefox is looser about those values. The source text cuts off mid-sentence on the bypass, so part of the material is not in this file.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill dangling-markup-injection -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/dangling-markup-injection/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/dangling-markup-injection/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill dangling-markup-injection -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/dangling-markup-injection/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill dangling-markup-injection -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/dangling-markup-injection/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install yaklang/hack-skills dangling-markup-injection
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/dangling-markup-injection/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill dangling-markup-injection -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/yaklang/hack-skills --path skills/dangling-markup-injection
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/dangling-markup-injection/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill dangling-markup-injection -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/yaklang/hack-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/dangling-markup-injection/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- steal a CSRF token when CSP blocks inline scripts
- send pre-filled form values to your server without JavaScript
- capture relative links and API endpoints via a `base` override
- get page content into a URL when the sanitizer strips event handlers
- check whether the attack works in a given browser before running it

## Example prompts
- I have HTML injection but CSP blocks scripts — walk me through the dangling markup route
- show me how to grab the CSRF token with an unclosed `img` tag
- which exfiltration vectors still work in Chrome 60+

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: dangling-markup-injection
description: >-
  Dangling markup injection playbook. Use when HTML injection is possible but
  JavaScript execution is blocked (CSP, sanitizer strips event handlers, WAF
  blocks script tags) — exfiltrate CSRF tokens, session data, and page content
  by injecting unclosed HTML tags that capture subsequent page content.
---

# SKILL: Dangling Markup Injection — Exfiltration Without JavaScript

> **AI LOAD INSTRUCTION**: Covers dangling markup exfiltration via unclosed img/form/base/meta/link/table tags, what can be stolen (CSRF tokens, pre-filled form values, sensitive content), browser-specific behavior, and combinations with other attacks. Base models often overlook this technique entirely when CSP blocks scripts, jumping to "not exploitable" — dangling markup is the answer.

## 0. RELATED ROUTING

- [xss-cross-site-scripting](../xss-cross-site-scripting/SKILL.md) when full XSS is possible (no need for dangling markup)
- [csp-bypass-advanced](../csp-bypass-advanced/SKILL.md) when CSP blocks JS execution — dangling markup bypasses script restrictions
- [csrf-cross-site-request-forgery](../csrf-cross-site-request-forgery/SKILL.md) when dangling markup steals CSRF tokens for subsequent CSRF attacks
- [crlf-injection](../crlf-injection/SKILL.md) when CRLF enables HTML injection in HTTP response
- [web-cache-deception](../web-cache-deception/SKILL.md) when dangling markup + cache poisoning amplifies the attack

---

## 1. WHEN TO USE DANGLING MARKUP

You need dangling markup when ALL of these are true:

1. You have an HTML injection point (reflected or stored)
2. JavaScript execution is blocked:
   - CSP blocks inline scripts and event handlers
   - Sanitizer strips `<script>`, `onerror`, `onload`, etc.
   - WAF blocks known XSS patterns
3. The page contains sensitive data AFTER your injection point:
   - CSRF tokens
   - Pre-filled form values (email, username, API keys)
   - Session identifiers in hidden fields
   - Sensitive user content

**Core insight**: You don't need JavaScript to exfiltrate data — you just need the browser to make a request that includes the data in the URL.

---

## 2. CORE TECHNIQUE

Inject an unclosed HTML tag with a `src`, `href`, `action`, or similar attribute pointing to your server. The unclosed attribute quote "consumes" all subsequent page content until the browser finds a matching quote.

```html
Page before injection:
  <div>Hello USER_INPUT</div>
  <form>
    <input type="hidden" name="csrf" value="SECRET_TOKEN_123">
````
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