Cybersecurity has become crucial as the number of attacks on businesses across every industry is increasing daily. For everyone to keep up with the trends, the security infrastructure should be top-tier. Even a minimal vulnerability can be critical to business and lead to data loss and downtime.
Many websites and businesses fall victim to malicious attackers because they downplay the significance of cybersecurity. Cross-site scripting attacks are among the most dangerous cyberattacks and can seriously harm any website.
What is a cross-site scripting attack?
Cross-site scripting or XSS attack is a cyberattack that works when the browser of the victim system is manipulated. It is done by executing malicious JavaScript in the user system. As a client-side injection attack, XSS is performed using malicious JavaScript in legitimate web applications or browsers.
Vulnerabilities come from online forums, messages, and web pages that allow comments and interactions. The malicious code fools the browser and executes malware when the website is loaded. It can lead to losing control of the data and functionality of the website or application. XSS attacks are possible in many languages like CSS, VBScript, ActiveX, and Flash. Moreover, the most attacked…
