User Controllable HTML Element Attribute (Potential XSS)
This check looks at user-supplied input in query string parameters and POST data to identify where certain HTML attribute values might be controlled.
Summary
This check looks at user-supplied input in query string parameters and POST data to identify where certain HTML attribute values might be controlled. This provides hot-spot detection for XSS (cross-site scripting) that will require further review by a security analyst to determine exploitability.
Solution
Validate all input and sanitize output before writing to any HTML attributes.
References
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