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Advanced Cybersecurity

Lesson 5.5 Cross-site Scripting

Description

In this lesson, students will learn about and discuss cross-site scripting (XSS), which is another major OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) cybersecurity risk.


Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Explain what XSS is, how it works, and what kind of damage can occur from an XSS attack
  • Understand the fundamentals of how XSS attacks are prevented or at least mitigated