The Cross Site Scripting FAQ
- Answers questions on identification, threats, and prevention. Provides examples and links.
- http://www.cgisecurity.com/articles/xss-faq.shtml
Bypassing Javascript Filters - The Flash Attack - Paper by EyeonSecurity explaining how to inject CSS attacks into Web applications which allow Flash content. - http://eyeonsecurity.org/papers/flash-xss-description.htm
InfoWorld Opinions: Cross-site Scripting - Article on this often overlooked threat with links. - http://www.infoworld.com/article/02/05/03/020506opsecurity_1.html
'Cross-site scripting' tears holes in Net security - USA Today article by Byron Acohido that details WhiteHat Security's assesment of Hotmail, Yahoo, Amazon, and America Online. - http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001-08-31-hotmail-security-side.htm
Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities - Security consultant David deVitry offers background information, a free CSS vulnerability detector, and a list of vulnerable sites. - http://www.devitry.com/security.html
Apache: Cross Site Scripting Info - How the attack affects websites hosted on the Apache webserver and Apache specific issues. - http://httpd.apache.org/info/css-security/
CERT Advisory CA-2000-02: Malicious HTML Tags Embedded in Client Web Requests - Advisory published jointly by the CERT Coordination Center, DoD-CERT, the DoD Joint Task Force for Computer Network Defense (JTF-CND), the Federal Computer Incident Response Capability (FedCIRC), and the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC). - http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-02.html
perl.com: Preventing Cross-site Scripting Attacks - Paul Lindner, author of the mod_perl cookbook, explains how to secure our sites against Cross-Site Scripting attacks using mod_perl and Apache::TaintRequest. - http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/02/20/css.html