xss-utils
Utilities to prevent possible Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks on Django/Mako templates.
Overview
This repo houses utility functions to protect edx codebase (Python, Javascript and other templating engine eg django/mako) against possible XSS attacks. Helper code include html & js escaping filters for django and mako templates. For more information, please read Preventing Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities.
Documentation
The full documentation is in the docs directory TODO: Publish to https://xss-utils.readthedocs.org.
License
The code in this repository is licensed under the AGPL 3.0 unless otherwise noted.
Please see LICENSE.txt for details.
How To Contribute
Contributions are very welcome.
Please read How To Contribute for details.
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Reporting Security Issues
Please do not report security issues in public. Please email security@openedx.org.
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