cross-site scripting

noun

cross-site scripting

noun
1

Internet An exploit that involves tricking a victim into executing a malicious script on a target website, so that the malicious content is trusted as though it were part of that site.

Computer security

Derived terms
mutated cross-site scripting, persistent cross-site scripting, reflected cross-site scripting, self-XSS

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