Fix code scanning alert no. 20: Cross-site scripting #13
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Fixes https://github.com/Maneppagolmanju/SixtSecurityShepherd/security/code-scanning/20
To fix the cross-site scripting vulnerability, we need to ensure that the user input (
searchTerm) is properly sanitized and encoded before being included in the HTML response. The best way to achieve this is by using a library that provides contextual output encoding for HTML.We will use the
StringEscapeUtilsclass from the Apache Commons Text library to encode thesearchTermbefore including it in the HTML response. This will ensure that any potentially dangerous characters in the user input are properly escaped.Suggested fixes powered by Copilot Autofix. Review carefully before merging.