Provide example of initial state SSR scrub #2124
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This short piece of code renders all html tags in JSON harmless, by replacing the `<` character with its unicode escape `\u003c`. Since the only place where JSON can have `<` is in strings, this is sufficient for protecting JSON from XSS injection.
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Not an XSS expert, but sounds like a good thing. Thanks! |
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This short piece of code renders all html tags in JSON harmless, by replacing the
<character with its unicode escape\u003c. Since the only place where JSON can have<is in strings, this is sufficient for protecting JSON from XSS injection.Providing an easy cut'n'paste solution in the documentation ensures that more people will be protected from this problem.