If you found this string in your web server logs, it likely means someone (or an automated bot) was probing your site for XSS vulnerabilities. Ensure your application uses context-aware output encoding and a strong Content Security Policy (CSP) to mitigate these risks.
: Likely a unique, random string used as a "marker" to identify this specific injection attempt during automated scanning. <'"> : This is the core "polyglot" section: < : Tests if the application allows opening HTML tags. {KEYWORD}'NYWpxO<'">tYeTVq
: This is a placeholder (often replaced by a unique string like alert(1) or XSS ) used by security researchers to easily find where their input is reflected in the page's source code. If you found this string in your web