Web Application Vulnerabilities

Question 1

What is Cross-Site scripting (XSS) ?

Answer 1

malicious script injected into websites

Question 2

What is XSS used for?

Answer 2

attacker uses web application to send malicious code to a different user

Question 3

How does SQL injection attack works and what is it used for?

Answer 3

unexpected input to a web application to gain unauthorized access to an underlying database

Question 4

What can be compromised in case of web application vulnerabilities?

Answer 4

web front-end and backend databases