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Include XSS prevention in REST API examples #413

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DavidWhitlock opened this issue Jun 4, 2022 · 1 comment
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Include XSS prevention in REST API examples #413

DavidWhitlock opened this issue Jun 4, 2022 · 1 comment

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Even though classes like AirlineServlet do not output HTML, the code really should do something to protect against XSS attacks. It would be a good example.

Here are some ideas from OWASP:

https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Injection_Prevention_in_Java_Cheat_Sheet.html#htmljavascriptcss
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Considering using https://owasp.org/www-project-java-html-sanitizer/

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