Cross Site Scripting XSS is a vulnerability when which present in websites or web applications, allows malicious users (Hackers) to insert their client side code (normally JavaScript) in those web pages. When this malicious code along with the original webpage gets displayed in the web client (browsers like chrome IE, Mozilla etc), and it is allows Hackers to gain greater access of that page.The goal of the CSS attack is to steal the client cookies, or any other sensitive information, which can identify the client with the web site. With the token of the legitimate user at hand, the attacker can proceed to act as the user in his/her interaction with the site – specifically, impersonate the user Example : in corsss site scrpting we can gether credit card number and private information using a CSS attack. This was achieved by running malicious Javascript code at the victim (client) browser with the access privileges of the web site These are the very limited Javascript priv...
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