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The Web Hacking Incidents Database
Last update:07 November 2007

Incident WHID 1999-1

WHID 1999-1: eBay downplays security hole
Date: 19 April 1999
Incident Type: Vulnerability Disclosure
WASC Threat Classification: Cross-site Scripting

A very early XSS issue at eBay. Interesting historically as it seems that at the time the term XSS was not yet in use.

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