Do stored XSS attacks occur when a malicious script is included in a request to a web application and then sent back to the user?
Thursday, 13 June 2024
by Acácio Pereira Oliveira
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks are a type of security vulnerability that occurs in web applications. The statement "Stored XSS attacks occur when a malicious script is included in a request to a web application and then sent back to the user" is false. To understand why this is the case, it is essential to
- Published in Cybersecurity, EITC/IS/WASF Web Applications Security Fundamentals, Cross-site scripting, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
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ContentSecurityPolicy, Cybersecurity, InputValidation, OutputEncoding, ReflectedXSS, StoredXSS