Auditing the XSS defence features implemented in web application programs

• Main Authors: Shar, Lwin Khin, Tan, Hee Beng Kuan
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Data
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107173; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16667; http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-sen.2011.0084
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability is mainly caused by the failure of web applications in sanitising user inputs embedded in web pages. Even though state-of-the-art defensive coding methods and vulnerability detection methods are often used by developers and security auditors, XSS flaws still...