differentiate between different attacks (like; CSRF/SSRF, LFI/RFI Stored XSS/DOM based XSS, etc.)

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Different attacks have unique characteristics and targets, such as CSRF/SSRF, LFI/RFI, Stored XSS/DOM based XSS.

CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) - attacker tricks a user into performing actions on a website without their knowledge
SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery) - attacker can make the server perform requests to other servers
LFI (Local File Inclusion) - attacker can include files on a server through a web browser
RFI (Remote File Inclusion) - attacker can include files from a remote server
Stored XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) - attacker injects malicious scripts into a website, which are then executed by users
DOM based XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) - attacker exploits vulnerabilities in the Document Object Model of a website

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