Dancer in the Dark: Synthesizing and Evaluating Polyglots for Blind Cross-Site Scripting

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Main Authors:	Kirchner, Robin, Möller, Jonas, Musch, Marius, Klein, David, Rieck, Konrad, Johns, Martin
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Cryptography and Security
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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