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self-XSS

self-XSS noun: a cross-site scripting attack where the attacker uses social engineering to trick the victim into executing malicious code.

Noun

self-XSS (uncountable)

  1. (computer security) A cross-site scripting attack where the attacker uses social engineering to trick the victim into executing malicious code.

Questions about self-XSS

What does self-XSS mean?
Self-XSS means a cross-site scripting attack where the attacker uses social engineering to trick the victim into executing malicious code.
What part of speech is self-XSS?
Self-XSS is a noun.

Words near self-XSS in the dictionary

  1. self-worship
  2. self-worth
  3. self-worths
  4. self-wrong
  5. self-wrongs
  6. self-XSS
  7. selfabsorption
  8. selfadjoint
  9. selfadjointness
  10. selfassembled
  11. selfassembling

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