# DOM Clobbering > DOM Clobbering is a technique where global variables can be overwritten or "clobbered" by naming HTML elements with certain IDs or names. This can cause unexpected behavior in scripts and potentially lead to security vulnerabilities. ## Summary * [Methodology](#methodology) * [Lab](#lab) * [References](#references) ## Methodology Exploitation requires any kind of `HTML injection` in the page. * Clobbering `x.y.value` ```html // Payload
I've been clobbered // Sink ``` * Clobbering `x.y` using ID and name attributes together to form a DOM collection ```html // Payload // Sink ``` * Clobbering `x.y.z` - 3 levels deep ```html // Payload
// Sink ``` * Clobbering `a.b.c.d` - more than 3 levels ```html // Payload // Sink ``` * Clobbering `forEach` (Chrome only) ```html // Payload
// Sink ``` * Clobbering `document.getElementById()` using `` or `` tag with the same `id` attribute ```html // Payloads clobbered clobbered // Sink ``` * Clobbering `x.username` ```html // Payload
// Sink ``` * Clobbering (Firefox only) ```html // Payload // Sink ``` * Clobbering (Chrome only) ```html // Payload // Sink ``` ## Tricks * DomPurify allows the protocol `cid:`, which doesn't encode double quote (`"`): `` ## Lab * [PortSwigger - Exploiting DOM clobbering to enable XSS](https://portswigger.net/web-security/dom-based/dom-clobbering/lab-dom-xss-exploiting-dom-clobbering) * [PortSwigger - Clobbering DOM attributes to bypass HTML filters](https://portswigger.net/web-security/dom-based/dom-clobbering/lab-dom-clobbering-attributes-to-bypass-html-filters) * [PortSwigger - DOM clobbering test case protected by CSP](https://portswigger-labs.net/dom-invader/testcases/augmented-dom-script-dom-clobbering-csp/) ## References - [Bypassing CSP via DOM clobbering - Gareth Heyes - 05 June 2023](https://portswigger.net/research/bypassing-csp-via-dom-clobbering) - [DOM Clobbering - HackTricks - January 27, 2023](https://book.hacktricks.xyz/pentesting-web/xss-cross-site-scripting/dom-clobbering) - [DOM Clobbering - PortSwigger - September 25, 2020](https://portswigger.net/web-security/dom-based/dom-clobbering) - [DOM Clobbering strikes back - Gareth Heyes - 06 February 2020](https://portswigger.net/research/dom-clobbering-strikes-back) - [Hijacking service workers via DOM Clobbering - Gareth Heyes - 29 November 2022](https://portswigger.net/research/hijacking-service-workers-via-dom-clobbering)