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[jira] [Resolved] (OODT-364) prevent XSS attacks via malformed query string

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-364?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Andrew Hart resolved OODT-364.
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    Resolution: Fixed

fixed in r1213500
                
> prevent XSS attacks via malformed query string
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>
>                 Key: OODT-364
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OODT-364
>             Project: OODT
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: balance
>    Affects Versions: 0.3
>            Reporter: Andrew Hart
>            Assignee: Andrew Hart
>              Labels: xss
>             Fix For: 0.4
>
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> At the moment the URL is stored 'as is' in the ApplicationRequest object. If shown later in a view, (e.g.: on a 404 page) it represents an XSS hole. To protect against this, the url should be sanitized through a call to htmlentities() prior to storage

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