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Billion Laughs Attack

A type of XML bomb that uses nested entity definitions to expand exponentially, consuming server memory and causing denial of service.

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SQL Injection XSS Stored XSS Reflected XSS DOM-Based XSS CSRF SSRF XXE IDOR RCE LFI RFI
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