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3. Injection & XSS awareness
Security Testing Basics · 20 pages source format
Know enough XSS/SQLi patterns to recognize them and hand off safely.
What you'll learn
- Reflected vs stored XSS
- Input sinks
- Safe proof-of-concept
Harmless probe
Use a benign marker string. If it renders raw, escalate. Don’t spray real exploits.
Do this now
Test one form field with a safe marker; note encoding.
Clear?