How can I handle situations where the encoded value from the XSS filter implemented with org.owasp.encoder.Encode.forHtml(UserInput), needs to be decoded for specific use cases such as populating HTML displays, displaying alert boxes, or filling text areas where single quotes and special characters.
How can I ensure that the encoded values from the XSS filter, which uses org.owasp.encoder.Encode.forHtml(UserInput), produce the expected output without encoding for various use cases across multiple screens, without having to manually include a decoding function on each page?
What will be the correct way?
I have tried with decoding functions for the particular variable value using in java class or scriptlet userinput= StringEscapeUtils.unescapeHtml4(unserinput);
and in Javascript
let text = document.Form.textArea.value;
let textarea = document.createElement('textarea');
text = text.replace(/'/g, String.fromCharCode(39)); // single quote
text = text.replace(/"/g, String.fromCharCode(34)); // double quote
text = text.replace(/>/g, String.fromCharCode(62)); // greater than
text = text.replace(/</g, String.fromCharCode(60)); // less than
text = text.replace(/&/g, '&'); // less than
textarea.innerHTML = text;
document.Form.textArea.value=textarea.value;
But it is not possible to write at multiple pages or multiple places at frontend side since my application is vast and having more than 100 pages.
So what could be the possible ways?