XSS Explained: How Attackers Execute JavaScript Inside Your Application

Hook What if an attacker could execute JavaScript inside your users’ browsers — using nothing more than a comment box? That’s exactly what Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) enables. Let’s break down how this actually happens in real applications. What is XSS? The flow of a typical XSS attack is illustrated above. Cross-Site Scripting happens when an application renders untrusted user input directly into a web page. Instead of displaying the input as plain text, the browser interprets it as executable J