• DocumentCode
    1306986
  • Title

    Defending against Cross-Site Scripting Attacks

  • Author

    Shar, Lwin Khin ; Tan, Hee Beng Kuan

  • Author_Institution
    Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    3/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    55
  • Lastpage
    62
  • Abstract
    Researchers have proposed multiple solutions to cross-site scripting, but vulnerabilities continue to exist in many Web applications due to developers´ lack of understanding of the problem and their unfamiliarity with current defenses´ strengths and limitations.
  • Keywords
    Web sites; security of data; Web applications; cross-site scripting attacks; defense strength; Browsers; Computer hacking; Computer security; Computers; Databases; Encoding; Network security; Web and internet services; Code vulnerabilities; Cross-site scripting (XSS); Secure coding practices; Web applications; Web security;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2011.261
  • Filename
    5999631