the basis to steal personal information provided to the web site, such as passwords or credit card numbers.

Examples

Several XSS worms have affected popular web sites.

Samy worm

The Samy worm, the largest known XSS worm, infected over 1 million MySpace profiles in less than 20 hours. The virus' author was sued and entered a plea agreement to a felony charge.

Justin.tv worm

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