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Third on the list is Cross-site Scripting (XSS). It is a type of attack that can be carried out to compromise users of a website. The exploitation of an XSS flaw enables the attacker to inject client-side scripts into web pages viewed by users.

Second on the list is Broken Authentication and Session Management. It involves all kinds of flaws that are caused by error in implementations of authentication and/or session management. Due to the wide range of different vulnerabilities therein it is quite hard to define its general properties.

With many potential attack vectors, cross-site scripting or XSS is a widespread vulnerability that affects a large number of sites. Check out this list of resources to learn more about the vulnerability and stay up to date with alerts.

The internet is awesome, but it can also be a pretty dangerous place. This is why we at Detectify are always on the lookout for vulnerabilities! If you’d like to learn more about different vulnerability types and staying safe online, check out the articles on this list.

What do typical websites look like through the eyes of our vulnerability scanner the first time they are tested? How does that picture change over time? Take a look behind the scenes, in the first of a long series of insights into our data.

Cross-site Scripting is a type of attack that can be carried out to compromise users of a website. Exploiting an XSS flaw enables attackers to inject client-side scripts into web pages viewed by users.