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> Something like a Markdown converter seems less likely, though not impossible. Really? I've found serious XSS bugs in frameworks that are semi-popular for wri
by vertex-four 12y ago
> Something like a Markdown converter seems less likely, though not impossible.
Really? I've found serious XSS bugs in frameworks that are semi-popular for writing real-time applications with a web component. What's outputted from your Markdown converter is generally assumed to be trusted HTML. Additionally, if it's not written in a language with good string support... it has string processing, which could lead to a crash or buffer overflow easily. It seems that a Markdown converter is exactly the sort of place you'd be likely to find an attack vector.
- raziel2p 12y agoYou're right, XSS and client-side injections didn't occur to me when I wrote the comment.