HTML injection and cross-site scripting (XSS) is an ideal vulnerable to exploitfor attackers across the spectrum of sophistication and programming knowledge. Exploits are easy to write, requiring no more tools than a text editor—or sometimes just the browser’s navigation bar—and a cursory knowledge of JavaScript, unlike buffer overlow exploits that call for more esoteric assembly, compilers, and debugging. XSS also offers the path of least resistance for a payload that can affect Windows, OSX, Linux, Internet Explorer, Safari, and Opera alike. The web browser is a universal platform for displaying HTML and interacting with complex web sites. When that HTML is subtly manipulated by a few malicious characters, the browser becomes a universal platform for exposure. With so much personal data stored in web applications and accessible through URLs, there’s no need for attackers to make the extra effort to obtain “root” or “administrator” access on a victim’s system. The reason for targ...