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Which of the following describes an attack where injected script is immediately mirrored off a web server when a user inputs data in a form or search field?

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Reflected cross-site scripting


Port mirroring


Stored cross-site scripting


MAC spoofing

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Reflected cross-site scripting

Explanation: Reflected XSS occurs when malicious script sent in a request (e.g., form or search field) is immediately echoed back by the server in the response, executing in the victim's browser. Stored XSS is persisted on the server; port mirroring and MAC spoofing are unrelated.