Cross-site scripting (XSS) is the most commonly exploited vulnerability, according to HackerOne, currently the largest platform aimed at connecting organisations with a community of white hat hackers ...

WhiteHat Security's new Website security statistics released today came with a mostly unchanged list of the top 10 vulnerabilities -- cross-site scripting (XSS) is still king -- but also a peek at ...

Security researchers at Wordfence discovered a vulnerability on sites built with Elementor. The exploit is a type designated as a Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. It has the potential ...

The SiteOrigins Widgets plugin, with +600,000 active installations, provides a way to easily add a multitude of widget functions like sliders, carousels, maps, change the way blog posts are displayed, ...

Critical security issues caused by improper access controls in a WordPress plugin designed for GDPR cookie compliance have been resolved, but hundreds of thousands of websites may still be vulnerable ...

Cross-site scripting has topped the 2020 list of the 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses compiled by the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE). The vulnerability, described by the CWE as "improper ...

An undisclosed Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Velocity Tools can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to target government sites, including NASA and NOAA. Although 90 days ...

Attackers are able to bypass the reflective cross-site scripting filter in Internet Explorer; the weakness is accepted by Microsoft as part of its design philosophy for the filter and will not be ...

In 2011, a group of hackers known as Lulzsec went on a two month rampage hacking into dozens of websites including those owned by FOX, PBS, the FBI, Sony and many others. The group was eventually ...

A vulnerability in the network monitoring software Checkmk can allow attackers to inject JavaScript code – or even unauthorized commands into the operating system. It is a cross-site scripting ...