cross-site scripting

English

Noun

cross-site scripting (uncountable)

  1. (Internet, computer security) 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.
    Synonym: (initialism) XSS

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