The Output Problem: Why AI Chatbot Developers Overlook Their Biggest Security Risk

AI chatbot developers typically focus on defending against prompt injection attacks, but this case reveals the overlooked threat: treating model output as inherently safe. When AI-generated content—which blends user input and externally-sourced data—flows directly into web applications without sanitization, it creates the same XSS and injection vulnerabilities as user input. This highlights a critical gap in AI security practices that few developers are addressing.