Multiple choice technology security

The user finds that the page of a web application that was displayed after login was full of irrelevant contents instead of the regular information; the URL from where he logged in was proper though.

  1. SQL Injection.

  2. Persistent XSS.

  3. DNS poisoning.

  4. Phishing.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Displaying unrelated content after a successful login, while the URL is correct, indicates that malicious script stored on the server is executed for the user’s session, which is characteristic of a persistent XSS attack.