Tags that remove the span or are self closing

⚠ Browser differences

This checks if a tag removes the span or doesn't contain it.

Created Jul 16, 2024

Updated May 27, 2025

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CategoryHTML Parsing

VisibilityPublic

TypeXSS

CharsetUTF-8

$[data1] placeholderhtml

Template used:

<$[data1] id=x><span></span></$[data1]>

Code used after fuzz:

!x.innerHTML.includes('<span>')  && log('$[data1]')

Sample payloads

<area id=x><span></span></area>

<base id=x><span></span></base>

<br id=x><span></span></br>

<embed id=x><span></span></embed>

<hr id=x><span></span></hr>

<img id=x><span></span></img>

<input id=x><span></span></input>

<link id=x><span></span></link>

<meta id=x><span></span></meta>

<param id=x><span></span></param>

<select id=x><span></span></select>

<source id=x><span></span></source>

<table id=x><span></span></table>

<textarea id=x><span></span></textarea>

<title id=x><span></span></title>

<track id=x><span></span></track>

<wbr id=x><span></span></wbr>