dev.to· Aug 28, 2026· by devkitlab

Where Should I Store a JWT? localStorage, Cookies, and the XSS/CSRF Trade-off

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The first two articles in this series were about the server: how to read a token, and how to verify...
🎯 Vulnerability: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
💡 Defense Fix: Enforce Context-Aware Output Encoding, strict Content-Security-Policy (CSP), and HttpOnly cookie flags.
#security#javascript#webdev#jwt