Cатсн²² (in)sесuяitу / ChrisJohnRiley

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Tag Archives: cross site scripting

alert(‘xss’) – The slow death of XSS

15 Comments Posted by on March 16, 2010

Ever since I took my first baby steps in web application penetration testing, I’ve seen people using alert(‘xss’) and alert(document.cookie) to prove an application is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Despite the title of this little rant (and yes, it is a rant), I’ve got no problem with that… up to a point. We need something [...]

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