XSS Protection
Protection against Cross-Site Scripting attacks
sequenceDiagram
participant Attacker
participant Server
participant User
Attacker->>Server: Malicious Script
Server->>User: Escaped Output
User->>User: Safe Display
XSS Protection prevents execution of malicious JavaScript code in user's browser.
Protection methods:
- Automatic Blade escaping
- {{ }} for escape
- {!! !!} for raw output (with caution)
Examples
Blade Escaping
{{ $userInput }} // Automatically escaped
{!! $trustedHtml !!} // Raw output (dangerous)
Using escaping in Blade.