Template:XSS alert
 | Warning: The code or configuration described here poses a major security risk. Site administrators: You are advised against using it until this security issue is resolved. Problem: Vulnerable to Cross-site scripting attacks, because it passes user input directly to the browser. This may lead to user accounts being hijacked, among other things. Solution: strictly validate user input and/or apply escaping to all characters that have a special meaning in HTML |
Template documentation
- Description
- Adds an alert box describing a Cross-site scripting vulnerability in including Extension page. Also adds including page to Category:Extensions with XSS vulnerabilities
- If your extension was tagged with this template please read
- For extension developers and extension users: Cross-site scripting
- Specifically for extension developers: Security for developers
- Example
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- Creates
| Warning: The code or configuration described here poses a major security risk. Site administrators: You are advised against using it until this security issue is resolved. Problem: Vulnerable to Cross-site scripting attacks, because it passes user input directly to the browser. This may lead to user accounts being hijacked, among other things. Duesentrieb ⇌ 13:43, 22 March 2007 (UTC) Solution: strictly validate user input and/or apply escaping to all characters that have a special meaning in HTML Duesentrieb ⇌ 13:43, 22 March 2007 (UTC) |