How to Prevent XSS in Web Rich Text
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1. How XSS Works and Several Common Attack Types An XSS attack is an attack that executes malicious scripts to steal a user’s login state, hijack a session, and so on. The input sources for malicious scripts include Cookies, Post forms, Get requests, HTTP header content, and more. We usually call a code fragment used for an XSS attack an XSS vector.