note 56275 added to function.strip-tags

From: Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:34:43 +0000
Subject: note 56275 added to function.strip-tags
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Please note that the function supplied by daneel at neezine dot net is not a good way of avoiding XSS attacks. A string like <font size=">>" <script>alert("foo")</script> face="tahoma" color="#DD0000">salut</font> will be sanitized to <font>>" <script>alert("foo")</script> face="tahoma" color="#DD0000">salut</font> which is a pretty good XSS. If you are in need of XSS cleaning, you might want to consider the Pixel-Apes XSS cleaner: http://pixel-apes.com/safehtml ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strip-tags.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+56275 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56275&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56275&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56275&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56275&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56275&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56275&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+56275&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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