Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities and Defences: A Review

With the advancement in the internet technology since last two decades, the dependence on web applications has increased rapidly. All the facilities are nowadays available online at the ease of just one click. As a result, Web applications are prone to cyber-attacks which has major consequences such as theft of personal secure data and information tampering by 'Cookie stealing' or 'Session Hijacking'. Cross site scripting is one of the most common application layer web attacks and security vulnerability. This paper provides review of the concept and the approaches provided for vulnerability detection, defence mechanism and security analysis. Keywords— XSS; Web Application Vulnerabilities; Crosssite Scripting; Security