QuestionQ164

VerifiedUnderstanding Cyber Threats, IoCs, and Attack Methodology

Which of the following attacks can be eliminated by converting every non-alphanumeric character to an HTML character entity before displaying user input in search engines and forums?

Explanation

HTML entity encoding causes untrusted content to be rendered as text rather than interpreted as HTML or executable script, mitigating cross-site scripting in HTML output contexts.

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