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coercive/xss
============

Coercive Security Router

0.0.9(7mo ago)31.3k1MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Oct 15Pushed 7mo ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/Coercive/Xss)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/coercive/xss)[ Docs](http://coercive.fr)[ RSS](/packages/coercive-xss/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3d ago

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Coercive Security Xss
=====================

[](#coercive-security-xss)

A simple detection of XSS attack in url. like '<' '>' and quotes...

Get
---

[](#get)

```
composer require coercive/xss

```

Load
----

[](#load)

```
use Coercive\Security\Xss;

# Test URL
$url = "https://mywebsite.com/?var='%22>alert();";

# Load with construct param
$xss = new XssUrl($url);

# Or use setUrl on an alredy loaded instance
$xss = new XssUrl;
$xss->setUrl($url);

# Detect
if($xss->isXss()) { die; }
```

New detection optimisation
--------------------------

[](#new-detection-optimisation)

```
# Test encoded url with script => alert('XSS')
$url = "&#x6A&#x61&#x76&#x61&#x73&#x63&#x72&#x69&#x70&#x74&#x3A&#x61&#x6C&#x65&#x72&#x74&#x28&#x27&#x58&#x53&#x53&#x0027&#x29";

# Load with construct param
$xss = new XssUrl($url);

# Show example
echo 'BEFORE';
echo '';
echo 'AFTER';
```

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance65

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~365 days

Recently: every ~578 days

Total

9

Last Release

211d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.0.1PHP >=7

0.0.9PHP >=7.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20288080?v=4)[Coercive](/maintainers/Coercive)[@Coercive](https://github.com/Coercive)

---

Top Contributors

[![Coercive](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20288080?v=4)](https://github.com/Coercive "Coercive (10 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/coercive-xss/health.svg)

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```

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