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XSS via User Controllable JavaScript Event

By
Anandhu Krishnan
Published on
14 May 2024
Vulnerability

Description

This vulnerability is characterized by the ability of users to control specific attributes in HTML, potentially allowing malicious scripts to be injected and executed.

Recommendation

To mitigate this risk, it is essential to thoroughly validate and sanitize all user-input before rendering it as executable JavaScript.

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