How to Avoid entering malicious scripts into dynamically generated html text boxes in Asp.net(Xss Attack)

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i have html table with edit button in asp.net application, when user clicks on edit button
the content in td(table cells) will be edited in dynamically created html text boxes with save and cancel button when save button is clicked the data is updated using web method defined
in code behind,
but how to avoid entering malicious scripts like script tags and other
html content into this dynamically generated textboxes to avoid xss attacks.

Posted 23-Jan-15 19:19pm

chandubbbb

Updated 23-Jan-15 19:20pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Jan-15 2:21am

I'm not getting it. Who cares what is written in the text box? Aren't you going to interpret the text as script? And if not, who cares if a malicious script is written there?
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Peter Leow · Answer 1 · 2015-01-23T19:29:00

Solution 1

Refer: How To: Prevent Cross-Site Scripting in ASP.NET[^]

Posted 23-Jan-15 19:29pm

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chandubbbb 24-Jan-15 1:46am

though validation request is set to true in page attribute, because of html control, its not checking. in case of server controls i don t have any issues