Category: OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A7 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
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Summary
Weaknesses in this category are related to the A7 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017.
Membership
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-79 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | This vulnerability occurs when a web application fails to properly sanitize or encode user-supplied input before displaying it on a webpage viewed by other users. |
| CWE-1026 | Weaknesses in OWASP Top Ten (2017) | CWE nodes in this view (graph) are associated with the OWASP Top Ten, as released in 2017. |
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