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Jan 6, 2024 · Information Security

Understanding XSS: Types, Risks, and Effective Defense Strategies

This article explains what Cross‑Site Scripting (XSS) is, describes its various types and the severe threats it poses, and provides comprehensive defense techniques—including input/output validation, HTML/JavaScript encoding, HttpOnly cookies, and secure handling of URLs, CSS, and rich‑text content—to protect web applications from XSS attacks.