• Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

This lab presents a challenge in the Account All cyber range that reveals the presence of a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability, caused in part by improper input validation and filtering. Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities are web-based vulnerabilities that can be exploited whenever a web application embeds untrusted input data in site content or web responses without first validating the data or its encoding.

Learning Objectives

On successful completion of this course, learners should have the knowledge and skills required to:

  • Understand how adversaries can exploit improper input validation and filtering in a web application to execute arbitrary commands

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs) identified within the Specialty Areas listed below. Click to view Specialty Area details within the interactive National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework.