Report: Web App Vulnerabilities Caused by Lax Coding Techniques
Cross-site scripting (XSS) errors are now responsible for more than half of all Web application vulnerabilities, but nearly all could be prevented by developers practicing secure coding techniques, according to a new report from online security firm Veracode.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) errors are now responsible for more than half of all Web application vulnerabilities, but nearly all could be prevented by developers practicing secure coding techniques, according to a new report from online security firm Veracode.
XSS flaws occur whenever an, “application takes untrusted data and sends it to a Web browser without proper validation and escaping,” meaning removing or blocking characters that might be used to launch an attack, according to the Open
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