CISA, FBI Urge Organizations to Eliminate XSS Vulnerabilities

CISA and the FBI have released an alert on XSS vulnerabilities, urging organizations to adopt a secure by design approach and eliminate them.
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Should an HTTP error 500 triggered by an XSS payload be reported as a potential vulnerability?

So, long story short, I was using an automated vulnerability scanner on a website (bounty hunting is allowed and encouraged,) and it works by injecting payloads in forms and URLs etc., to trigger responses that might indicate SQLi, XSS, CS… Continue reading Should an HTTP error 500 triggered by an XSS payload be reported as a potential vulnerability?

What is the next layers of defence against cookie stealing if GET parameter is vulnerable to XSS and there is no HttpOnly flag in a website?

If a GET parameter in a website is vulnerable to XSS and the user input is reflected without any change or escaping or filtering and also HttpOnly is not set for session cookie, is stealing the cookie possible? or there might be more layer… Continue reading What is the next layers of defence against cookie stealing if GET parameter is vulnerable to XSS and there is no HttpOnly flag in a website?