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Web Security Essentials Every Developer Must Know

Protect your applications from XSS, CSRF, SQL injection, and other common web security vulnerabilities.

Apr 4, 202610 min read11,200 views1450 words

XSS Prevention

Never trust user input. Always sanitize and escape.

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1import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
2 
3const clean = DOMPurify.sanitize(userInput);
4document.getElementById('content').innerHTML = clean;

CSRF Protection

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1// Generate CSRF token on the server
2const csrfToken = crypto.randomBytes(32).toString('hex');
3req.session.csrfToken = csrfToken;