OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A7 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

A category in the Common Weakness Enumeration published by The MITRE Corporation.

  • Source

    CWE Catalog - 4.14

  • Identifier

    CWE-1033

  • Status

    Incomplete

Contents

Summary

Categories in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) group entries based on some common characteristic or attribute.

Weaknesses in this category are related to the A7 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017.

Weaknesses

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

Concepts

Weaknesses in OWASP Top Ten (2017)

CWE nodes in this view (graph) are associated with the OWASP Top Ten, as released in 2017.

See Also

  1. Top 10 2017

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