When testing a website you enter the following into a field on the login form:
<script>alert("oops") </script>
When you submit the form an alert box pops up as the next page loads. This is a demonstration of what type of attack?

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Cross Site Scripting is abbreviated as XSS because the other acronym, CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets, which part of the family of web lanaguages. When you see javascript wether clear like this or in URL encoded form, lean toward XSS as the answer, but as always, read the question carefully and don't jump to conclusions.

When Testing a Website You Enter the Following into a Field