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HighSigmaHQ Saw Win Naung +1

Cross Site Scripting Strings

Detects XSS attempts injected via GET requests in access logs

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: Identity Provider Linux macOS Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source category: webserver

Known benign triggers

Internal vulnerability scanners can cause some serious FPs when used, if you experience a lot of FPs due to this think of adding more filters such as "User Agent" strings and more response codes
JavaScripts,CSS Files and PNG files
User searches in search boxes of the respective website

References

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
github.com/payloadbox/xss-payload-list	Tool	2from 2 sources
portswigger.net/web-security/cross-site-scripting/contexts	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it

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