String::Clean::XSS - Clean up for Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Clean strings to protect from XSS attacks.
use String::Clean::XSS; my $stuff_from_user = '<script>bad stuff</script>'; my $safe_login = convert_XSS($stuff_from_user); # results in '<script>bad stuff</script>' my $cleaned_login = clean_XSS($stuff_from_user); $ results in 'scriptbad stuff/script'
clean_XSS( $string );
Removes angle brackets from the given string.
convert_XSS( $string );
Converts angle brackets to there HTML entities.
ben hengst, <notbenh at CPAN.org>
<notbenh at CPAN.org>
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-string-clean at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=String-Clean. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
bug-string-clean at rt.cpan.org
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc String::Clean
You can also look for information at:
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http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=String-Clean
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Copyright 2007 ben hengst, all rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install String::Clean, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm String::Clean
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install String::Clean
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.