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Prevention strategies for DOM-based XSS attacks include very similar measures to traditional XSS prevention strategies but implemented in JavaScript code and contained in web pages (i.e. input validation and escaping). [17] Some JavaScript frameworks have built-in countermeasures against this and other types of attack — for example AngularJS ...
JSFuck can be used to bypass detection of malicious code submitted on websites, e.g. in cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. [10] Another potential use of JSFuck lies in code obfuscation. An optimized version of JSFuck has been used to encode jQuery, a JavaScript library, into a fully functional version written with just the six characters. [11]
Self-XSS (self cross-site scripting) is a type of security vulnerability used to gain control of victims' web accounts. In a Self-XSS attack, the victim of the attack runs malicious code in their own web browser, thus exposing personal information to the attacker. [1]
XSS refers to an injection flaw whereby user input to a web script or something along such lines is placed into the output HTML without being checked for HTML code or scripting. Many of these problems are related to erroneous assumptions of what input data is possible or the effects of special data.
XSS worms exploit a security vulnerability known as cross site scripting (or XSS for short) within a website, infecting users in a variety of ways depending on the vulnerability. Such site features as profiles and chat systems can be affected by XSS worms when implemented improperly or without regard to security. Often, these worms are specific ...
The attack employed a technique in which the input was crafted to grow the size of the responses, leading to a proportional growth in the time taken to generate the responses, thus increasing the attack's accuracy. [21] Independent security researchers have published blog posts describing cross-site leak attacks against real-world applications.
HTTP header injection is a general class of web application security vulnerability which occurs when Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) headers are dynamically generated based on user input.
HTTP response splitting is a form of web application vulnerability, resulting from the failure of the application or its environment to properly sanitize input values.It can be used to perform cross-site scripting attacks, cross-user defacement, web cache poisoning, and similar exploits.