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Is there a way to bypass Django's XSS escaping with “unicode”?

Django (the Python web framework) escapes output to prevent XSS (Cross Site Scripting) attacks. It replaces ', ", <, >, & with their HTML safe versions. However this presentation on slide ...
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What possible use does an iFrame have for security?

I'm looking at code for an old login form I'm redesigning. It's a simple table with two input fields for username and password. But just before the end </table> tag there's a blank iFrame which ...
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Stop code injections into page code

I started a topic HERE on the stackoverflow site, but was refered here. I did get some info there, but think it need's more indepth input. So hopefuly people here can help. I have a few domains ...
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“pagesinxt.com” links in the sourcecode, am I being hacked?

At this moment I am being hacked and I do not know to stop it. Let me explain... My website is hosted in a VPS where I am the only person who has access to it. The page is builtwith ...
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How can I embed iframe securely without restricting its functionality?

I'd want to embed an iframe from untrusted site into web application. Iframe: should be able to run Javascript and browser plugins (Flash, etc.) should not be able to access my web application ...
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Is it possible to make an xss with only html tags

I'm not aware of all the xss tricks.. While programming in Ruby on Rails, using a sanitize method to allow only certain tags and it makes its best to clear all the other tags and scripts the ...
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Limited JavaScript app scenario: Attack vectors and mitigation

I'm going to be developing a single page JavaScript app which allows input via a textarea. This input is never sent to the server, never shown to another user, and will only be persisted in browser ...
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Is it secure to use jQuery on the server-side for user input validation?

I'm thinking about using jQuery on the server-side (node.js) to validate user input (filter tags, remove every attributes except href, rel, target & style, modify css rules which are applied ...