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Extended ASCII characters used for injection


From: Nibbler <enibbler () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:06:25 +0200

Hi list,

I have a web app and I want to block special characters in URL on the
web server. Do you know if there is a risk of injection (XSS...) with
extended ASCII char (%7f-%ff)?
Is there any reason to block these characters?

Thanks
Regards,
Nib



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