What is XSS? | Understanding Cross-Site Scripting | XSS Explained

Published: 03 June 2021
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Understanding Cross-Site Scripting is important for web developers, aspiring security engineers, and Internet users in general. XSS is one of the most common threats on the web. Cross-site Scripting allows attackers to penetrate vulnerable systems and perform malicious actions, such as stealing data, hijacking sessions, etc.

In this video, I explain Cross-Site Scripting by starting with a general explanation of injection attacks. You’ll understand what are they and how they are possible. You'll also learn what an XSS attack is and how it is performed. Types of XSS attacks and ways to protect against them are addressed as well.

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00:00 Vulnerable Systems and Security Threats
00:38 Example of XSS attack - Stored XSS
02:25 Injection Attacks
02:41 Injection Attacks - SQL Injection
03:20 Client-Side Injection Attacks - Cross-Site Scripting
04:40 How XSS attacks work
05:31 Types of XSS attacks & Protection measures
05:53 Stored XSS Attacks
07:40 Reflected XSS Attacks
08:50 DOM-based XSS Attacks
09:23 Mutation-Based Attacks


Resources to know more:
https://portswigger.net/web-security/...
https://owasp.org/www-community/attac...
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/d...

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