QuestionQ124

VerifiedSoftware Development Security

When protecting Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) text data, what is the purpose of the escape function?

Explanation

HTML escaping converts special characters that could be interpreted as markup into safe character representations, helping ensure untrusted content is rendered as text rather than as active HTML or script. OWASP recommends HTML entity encoding for data inserted into HTML contexts.

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