CWE-79 found in code base - not a real issue

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Untrusted user input in response will result in reflected cross site scripting vulnerability

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Micro-Learning Topic: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE 79)

Matched on "CWE-79"

What is this? (2min video)

The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

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Helpful references

• Prevent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in ASP.NET Core - A detailed Microsoft article on how to prevent cross-site scripting in ASP.NET Core.
• OWASP Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Software Attack - OWASP community page with comprehensive information about cross site scripting, and links to various OWASP resources to help detect or prevent it.
• OWASP Cross Site Scripting Prevention Cheat Sheet - This article provides a simple positive model for preventing XSS using output encoding properly.

Micro-Learning Topic: Cross-site scripting (Detected by phrase)

Matched on "cross site scripting"

What is this? (2min video)

Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities occur when unescaped input is rendered into a page displayed to the user. When HTML or script is included in the input, it will be processed by a user's browser as HTML or script and can alter the appearance of the page or execute malicious scripts in their user context.

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Helpful references

• Prevent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in ASP.NET Core - A detailed Microsoft article on how to prevent cross-site scripting in ASP.NET Core.
• OWASP Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Software Attack - OWASP community page with comprehensive information about cross site scripting, and links to various OWASP resources to help detect or prevent it.
• OWASP Cross Site Scripting Prevention Cheat Sheet - This article provides a simple positive model for preventing XSS using output encoding properly.

Micro-Learning Topic: Reflected cross-site scripting (Detected by phrase)

Matched on "reflected cross site scripting"

What is this? (2min video)

Reflected cross-site scripting vulnerabilities occur when unescaped input is displayed in the resulting page displayed to the user. When HTML or script is included in the input, it will be processed by a user's browser as HTML or script and can alter the appearance of the page or execute malicious scripts in their user context.

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