Description
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) refers to client-side code injection attack wherein an attacker can execute malicious scripts into a legitimate website or web application. XSS occurs when a web application makes use of unvalidated or unencoded user input within the output it generates.
Remediation
Apply context-dependent encoding and/or validation to user input rendered on a page
References
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Attack - Acunetix
XSS Filter Evasion Cheat Sheet
Excess XSS, a comprehensive tutorial on cross-site scripting
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