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Specialized Testing: XSS

Since the late 1990s, cross-site scripting (XSS) has been one of the most common security issues in web applications. This course will teach you how to test a site for this kind of vulnerability.

Intermediate
1h 14m
(15)

Created by Christian Wenz

Last Updated Jul 30, 2022

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Specialized Testing: XSS

Since the late 1990s, cross-site scripting (XSS) has been one of the most common security issues in web applications. This course will teach you how to test a site for this kind of vulnerability.

Intermediate
1h 14m
(15)

Created by Christian Wenz

Last Updated Jul 30, 2022

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What you'll learn

Since the late 1990s, cross-site scripting (XSS) has been one of the most common security issues in web applications. In this course, Specialized Testing: XSS, you’ll learn to audit a web site for XSS. First, you’ll explore the mechanics of XSS. Next, you’ll discover the different types of XSS. Finally, you’ll learn how to test for XSS vulnerabilities. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of testing for XSS needed to audit a website for this kind of vulnerability.

Specialized Testing: XSS
Intermediate
1h 14m
(15)
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Christian Wenz
25 courses 4.4 author rating 1146 ratings

Christian Wenz is an author, consultant and trainer focusing on web technologies. He wrote or co-wrote over 100 books, is a fixture at international developer conferences since 2001, is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for ASP.NET, an ASPInsiders member, and main author of the Zend PHP 5.5 certification.

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