Summary of Cross-Site Scripting Explained with Examples and How to Prevent XSS with Content Security Policy

00:00:00 - 00:15:00

This video discusses how to prevent cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks using content security policy. XSS is a vulnerability in which an attacker injects malicious code into a web page viewed by a user, in order to execute the code in the context of the user's browser. The content security policy header is used to prevent these attacks by specifying which locations browsers should load scripts from.

• 00:00:00 This video discusses the various types of cross-site scripting attacks, and how to prevent them using content security policy.
• 00:05:00 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a vulnerability in which an attacker injects malicious code into a web page viewed by a user, in order to execute the code in the context of the user's browser. To prevent XSS attacks, users should always reload scripts from URLs and not load them from local storage.
• 00:10:00 The content security policy header is used to prevent cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. When this header is set, browsers will only attempt to execute scripts from specified locations, ensuring that malicious code is not executed on the user's browser.
• 00:15:00 The video explains how cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks work, and how to prevent them by using content security policy.