Secure Web Applications Against Cross Site Scripting XSS: A Review
Vamsi Mohan, Sandeep Malik · International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development · 2017
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks are most common vulnerability issues in the digital era for the Web applications.These attacks occur, when an attacker uses a web application to send malicious code in the form of client side script.These scripts exploit the vulnerabilities in the code and resulting in a serious consequence like theft of cookies, passwords and any confidential user data.In extreme cases, the user may have lost his/her control on the browser.In this paper, we explained detection, and prevention of Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability attacks through a systematic review process.