Practice Common Vulnerabilities (1.4.1) - Advanced Front-End Development

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Question 1.
What does XSS stand for?
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It's an attack involving scripts.
Question 2.
What type of attack does CSRF represent?
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Think about user actions in authenticated sessions.
3Question 3.
What is XSS?
- Cross-Site Scripting
- Cross-Site Request Forgery
- Clickjacking
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Think about the type of script-based vulnerabilities.
4Question 4.
True or False: CSRF attacks require user interaction to be successful.
- True
- False
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Consider how users are tricked into action.
Question 5.
Design a web application which could securely handle user inputs and authenticate sessions, identifying and mitigating common vulnerabilities.
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Think about all the layers of security.
Question 6.
Evaluate how an XSS vulnerability could be exploited in a social media context. Draft strategies for prevention.
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Consider the user-perceived value of the information.

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