David G Friedman wrote:

> Isn't XSS usually an attack for information which changes often (mutable 
> data, blog comments, etc.) and which should NOT normally include your 
> site's system messages?  So, if your message files get modified to 
> include XSS code then you either have an employee you should FIRE or a 
> HACKER which is a bigger problem in and of itself.

XSS can use any mechanism which allows user-supplied input to be fed 
back to the user's browser.  Parameterised  error messages are one such 
mechanism.

-- 
Alan Burlison
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