Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
XSS
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a security vulnerability which allows a cyber threat actor to inject malicious code into a web page viewed by other users to steal their sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions. The attacker exploits the vulnerabilities in the website’s code and then injects scripts that can be executed in the website users’ browsers. The cyber threat actors use XSS attacks to steal login credentials, credit card details, session tokens, and more to perform fraudulent activities.
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