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Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cheat Sheet

Lobsters · securityby portswigger.net via pushcx ()7 min read2 · 1 read
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PortSwigger's XSS cheat sheet lists filter-bypass patterns for script injection across major browsers, without a new CVE.

PortSwigger's Cross-Site Scripting cheat sheet is a reference of payload patterns intended to bypass XSS filters in major browsers. The entries describe families of tricks such as exception handling, template strings, location and window-name redirects, ES6 language features, uppercase script tags, and dense JavaScript encodings. It is a long-standing Web Security Academy resource rather than disclosure of a new vulnerability or an active campaign. The listing names no CVE, affected product incident, or confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.

Key facts
  • Reference catalog of XSS filter-bypass patterns, not a new vulnerability.
  • Covers parenthesis-free, quote-free, and encoding-based vectors.
  • Patterns are noted as varying across Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari.
  • No CVE or confirmed exploitation campaign is described.
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7 min read at portswigger.net

No parentheses using exception handling no semi colons using expressions No parentheses using exception handling and string eval on Chrome / Edge No parentheses using exception handling and string eval on Safari

Lobsters · security

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