Fix code scanning alert no. 2: Reflected cross-site scripting #26
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Fixes https://github.com/versatiles-org/versatiles-frontend/security/code-scanning/2
To fix the reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability, we need to sanitize the user input before incorporating it into the response. The best way to do this is by using a well-known library for escaping HTML, such as
escape-html
. This will ensure that any potentially malicious characters in thereq.path
are properly escaped, preventing XSS attacks.escape-html
library and use it to sanitizereq.path
before including it in the response.src/server/server.ts
to include theescape-html
library and apply it to thereq.path
on line 75.Suggested fixes powered by Copilot Autofix. Review carefully before merging.