XSS Attack (Other (Not Listed) Sample)

Order status: Approved Subject: IT, Web Remaining time: - 1d 21h 32m Paper format: Not applicable Pages: 1 (Double spacing) Power point slides: 0 Type of service: Writing from scratch Work Type: Master\'s Type of paper: Critical Thinking Summary of paper: No Sources: 2 Files must be uploaded: No Topic: XSS attack REVISION! Purpose – XSS is one of popular web attacks. There are many interesting “incidents” reported on the Internet. This assignment asks you to find (or construct) and analyze one XSS attack example, and share your understanding of this common vulnerability in web-based applications. Tasks – To make the discussion concise, please make your discussion focus on the following questions. (1) Please describe your XSS attack example ( Has to be technical with explanation). You could make assumptions to warrant the success of your exploitation. Discuss the possible consequences due to the existence of this vulnerability in your example. (2) Purpose – Based on your exploratory reading and study, this assignment encourages you to share your learning of how to better protect your web application from the attacks discussed in this lesson. Tasks – To make the discussion concise, please make your discussion focus on the following questions. Please make one original posting or response to one of your classmates’ postings in carrying on the following tasks: Except for both XSS and CSRF please use a simple example to describe one possibility of attacking other users. You could make assumptions to warrant the success of your attacking exploitation. Discuss the corresponding prevention measures for your example ( must be technical with explanation).