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Everything You Need to Know About Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks exploit vulnerabilities in web applications to inject malicious scripts into trusted websites, compromising user data and application functionality. Effective mitigation requires a layered approach combining input validation, output encoding, and Content Security Policy implementation.

XSSReflected XSSStored XSSOutput EncodingInput ValidationContent Security Policy (CSP)HTML Entity EncodingDOM-based XSSServer-Side ValidationClient-Side Validation

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