I get a High severity security issue in checkmarx when it was scanning the code of a project on this line
lnkGeneral.NavigateUrl = Me.Request.Url.AbsolutePath & "?ID=" & eID & "&View=" & HttpUtility.UrlEncode("General")
And it's highlighting Me.Request.Url.AbsolutePath, for sure I can't do Html.UrlEncode on Me.Request.Url.AbsolutePath, so wondering what is the fix for it.
this is the description in checkmarx
The application's SetupView embeds untrusted data in the generated output with navigateurl, at line 254 of CommitteeTerm.ascx.vb. This untrusted data is embedded straight into the output without proper sanitization or encoding, enabling an attacker to inject malicious code into the output.
The attacker would be able to alter the returned web page by simply providing modified data in the user input absolutepath, which is read by the SetupView method at line 254 of CommitteeTerm.ascx.vb. This input then flows through the code straight to the output web page, without sanitization.
This can enable a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack.