XSS

security

Cross-Site Scripting — a type of security vulnerability in which an attacker injects malicious scripts into content delivered to users.

Pronunciation

Correct

X-S-S

/ɛksɛsɛs/

Always spelled out as individual letters: X-S-S. Abbreviated as XSS (instead of CSS) to avoid confusion with Cascading Style Sheets.

Source: owasp.org(official docs)