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Security impact of cross-site scripting vulnerabilities on web applications and their awareness


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Hydara, Isatou and Md Sultan, Abu Bakar and Zulzalil, Hazura and Admodisastro, Novia Indriaty (2022) Security impact of cross-site scripting vulnerabilities on web applications and their awareness. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 7 (1). 6804 - 6810. ISSN 0974-5823

Abstract

Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities exist in many web applications. They are a security problem that has affected web applications for the last two decades as well as the mobile version of web applications more recently. They can seriously affect web application users with the loss of their private data to web hackers. In addition, other security problems can occur including denial of service attacks that can shut down networks, phishing attacks that enable theft of user data, and the exposure to other similar threats. The previous proposed solutions to cross-site scripting vulnerabilities mostly focused on mitigating these vulnerabilities on traditional web applications. However, this is changing as more researchers are also including the mobile versions in their proposed solutions. This is because more people are using their mobile phones to open web applications and they face an increasing threat of cross-site scripting attacks and the possibility of being victimized. In this paper, we explore and discuss the security impact that cross-site scripting vulnerabilities have in modern web applications, and the importance of raising awareness of these vulnerabilities, not only within the technology industry but also to the public.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
Publisher: Kalahari Journals
Keywords: cross-site scripting, cross-site scripting attacks, cross-site Scripting vulnerability; Software security; XSS vulnerability awareness
Depositing User: Ms. Nuraida Ibrahim
Date Deposited: 05 Dec 2023 04:07
Last Modified: 05 Dec 2023 04:07
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103148
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