Study of Cross-Site Scripting Attacks and Their Countermeasures

Abstract

-In present-day time, most of the associations are making use of web services for improved services to their clients. With the upturn in count of web users, there is a considerable hike in the web attacks. Thus, security becomes the dominant matter in web applications. The disparate kind of vulnerabilities resulted in the disparate types of attacks. The attackers may take benefit of these vulnerabilities and can misuse the data in the database. Study indicates that more than 80% of the web applications are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. XSS is one of the fatal attacks & it has been practiced over the maximum number of well-known search engines and social sites. In this paper, we have considered XSS attacks, its types and different methods employed to resist these attacks with their corresponding limitations. Additionally, we have discussed the proposed approach for countering XSS attack and how this approach is superior to others.

A Proposal: For Emerging Gaps in Finding Firm Solutions for Cross Site Scripting Attacks on Web Applications

“…HTML and JavaScript form the major backbone in causing the XSS attacks [9]. There are many HTML and JavaScript tags the hackers come up with to attack web applications [10]. As cross site scripting attacks are easy to execute but difficult to prevent and trace, step by step detailed approach is proposed to avoid the attacks keeping in mind to not distort the user experience [11].…”

A Proposal: Web attacks and Webmaster’s Education Co-Relation

“…HTML and JavaScript form the main backbone for causing Web attacks [9]. There are many HTML and JavaScript tags a hacker can come up with to attack his Web application [10]. Web attacks are easy to execute but hard to prevent and track, so a detailed step-by-step approach to avoiding them is suggested, keeping in mind that the user experience is not compromised.…”