Browser Extension for Real-Time XSS Vulnerability Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for detecting cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks are not user-friendly, requiring specialized knowledge and cannot be performed during normal browsing, leading to vulnerabilities in dynamic websites.
Innovation Solution
A browser extension with a sending and receiving component that generates and tests for XSS attacks within a web browser, allowing users to identify and parse responses for malicious script code without interrupting normal browsing activities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional XSS testing tools are used, then XSS vulnerability detection capability is improved, but user friendliness deteriorates due to requiring specialized training
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a browser extension as an intermediary tool that mediates between the user and the complex XSS testing process. The extension automatically generates and sends test script codes to websites, parses responses, and presents results in a user-friendly manner, eliminating the need for users to have specialized XSS testing knowledge while maintaining reliable vulnerability detection capability
2Reliability
If conventional XSS testing tools are used, then XSS vulnerability detection capability is improved, but browsing continuity deteriorates as testing interrupts normal browsing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the XSS testing function with the web browser by implementing a browser extension. This integration allows the testing operations to be performed within the normal browsing environment, enabling users to conduct security tests without leaving their current browsing context or interrupting their workflow, thus maintaining both detection capability and browsing continuity
3Reliability
If scripting languages are disabled in browser to prevent XSS attacks, then security against XSS is improved, but content accessibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing XSS vulnerability testing before users engage with potentially malicious content during normal browsing. The browser extension proactively sends test script codes to websites and analyzes responses in advance, allowing users to know the security status of a website before interacting with it, thus maintaining both security protection and full content accessibility
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AI summary
A system for testing the susceptibility of an Internet website to process cross-site scripting instructions is disclosed. The system includes an Internet web browser, a web server and an extension module embedded within the Internet web browser. The extension module is made up of two distinct components, a sending component and a receiving component. Within the sending component, is a translator object coupled to a first reference source. Within the receiving component is an interceptor object coupled to a second reference source. Together, the sending component and receiving component are used to communicate cross-site scripting test commands and receive responses from the web server hosting the Internet website being targeted for testing.