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== Why should we care?
=== XSS attacks may result in
* Stealing session cookies
* Creating false requests
* Creating false fields on a page to collect credentials
* Redirecting your page to a "non-friendly" site
* Creating requests that masquerade as a valid user
* Stealing of confidential information
* Execution of malicious code on an end-user system (active scripting)
* Insertion of hostile and inappropriate content
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<img src="http://malicious.site.com/image.jpg/>
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=== XSS attacks add validity to phishing attacks
* A valid domain is used in the URL