MIRAGE:针对 Web Agent 的隐蔽视觉提示注入攻击研究
Computer Science > Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
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[Submitted on 16 Jun 2026]
Title:MIRAGE: Stealthy Visual Prompt Injection for Vulnerability Detection in Web Agents
Authors: Xuelong Dai (https://arxiv.org/search/cs?searchtype=author&query=Dai,+X), Jianyu Ma (https://arxiv.org/search/cs?searchtype=author&query=Ma,+J), Boyang Ma (https://arxiv.org/search/cs?searchtype=author&query=Ma,+B), Biwei Yan (https://arxiv.org/search/cs?searchtype=author&query=Yan,+B), Yijun Yang (https://arxiv.org/search/cs?searchtype=author&query=Yang,+Y), Yue Zhang (https://arxiv.org/search/cs?searchtype=author&query=Zhang,+Y)
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Abstract:Multimodal Large Language Model (MLLM)-based web agents provide practical, high-precision solutions for visual browser automation; however, they inherently expand the attack surface, introducing novel vision-based vulnerabilities. Existing adversarial evaluations targeting these agents frequently rely on permissive threat models and visually conspicuous artifacts. In this paper, we investigate a constrained vulnerability detection setting: a trusted web platform where the evaluator acts solely as an unprivileged third party, such as a merchant or advertiser, controlling only a semantically legitimate, spatially constrained region, such as an ad slot, a sponsored card, or a localized widget. Operating under these realistic constraints, we propose MIRAGE, a novel visual indirect prompt injection framework for targeted next-action hijacking. Our approach leverages diffusion models to generate perceptually benign adversarial images strictly confined to the attacker-controlled boundaries permitted by the trusted service provider. To maximize attack efficacy within such a restrictive setting, we introduce a robust optimization technique combining curvature-aware adversarial diffusion guidance with sparse, dark-pixel residual perturbations. Comprehensive evaluations against prominent MLLM web agent frameworks, specifically SeeAct and OpenClaw, empirically demonstrate the potency, realism, and stealth of our proposed MIRAGE.
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