What’s the best way to protect against Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks?Dec 16, 2024

I’ve been hearing a lot about XSS attacks recently. Can anyone share effective strategies for preventing XSS vulnerabilities in a web application?

Cybersecurity
Answers (1)
Harun KaranjaDec 17, 2024

To prevent XSS attacks:

  • Sanitize user inputs: Ensure that all user input is sanitized and encoded before being displayed on the web page.
  • Use Content Security Policy (CSP): CSP helps prevent malicious JavaScript from executing by specifying trusted sources for scripts.
  • Escape output: Always escape dynamic content before rendering it in HTML, JavaScript, or CSS.
  • Use frameworks with built-in protection: Many modern frameworks like React automatically escape content by default to protect against XSS.

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