XSS is still my name – a call for greater appreciation of developers

Every specialist area has its hot topics. In IT security, it's web application security. Web application security is concerned with the security of applications that can be controlled through a browser. As the term hot topic indicates, this was not always the case. Binary exploitation had its time in the sun. For a long time, network security was big news. But then the range of applications expanded and new methods of attack, such as SQL injection, were discovered. Web application security has been the hot topic ever since.This paper was written in 2016 as part of a research project at scip AG, Switzerland. It was initially published online at https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161110 and is available in English and German. Providing our clients with innovative research for the information technology of the future is an essential part of our company culture