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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cross-site scripting

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables
cross-site script-ing
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Uncountable

Usage

Phrases

mutated cross-site scripting persistent cross-site scripting reflected cross-site scripting self-XSS

Synonyms

XSS

Questions

What does cross-site scripting mean?
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.

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