Ontology of XSS Vulnerabilities and its Detection using XENOTIX Framework

Abstract

Web technologies are framed for the purpose of catering the need of ubiquitousness. There is no doubt that web applications are providing number of advantages to the masses, but everything comes with certain vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities can change the game completely by providing fatal results, instead of giving fruitful results. Cross site scripting attack is also a result of mishandling of vulnerabilities located in web applications. In this paper, XENOTIX framework from OWASP has been used for the detection of cross site scripting attack and practices to curb XSS are discussed.