OWASP Periodic Table of Vulnerabilities - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

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Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Browser / Standards Solution

Browser vendors and standards bodies should agree on markup for elements to contain dynamic content (e.g. Flash, JavaScript, HTML, etc.) inline without allowing the dynamic content to perform malicious actions such as navigating the parent window, reading or writing data across trust boundaries, or other undesirable behaviors as determined by the owner of the containing page.

Perimeter Solution

None

Generic Framework Solution

Automatically sanitize any dynamic content before writing it into HTML, XML, or other documents that might be rendered by user agents that execute active content. If dynamic content must include dangerous elements, provide APIs which filter and sanitize potentially dangerous attributes of these elements. Exceptions and attribute configurations should be described by a policy file instead of hard-coded into the framework itself or into function calls.

Custom Framework Solution

None

Custom Code Solution

None