# DotNet Security Cheat Sheet — A07:2017 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

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DO NOT: Trust any data the user sends you. Prefer allowlists (always safe) over denylists.

You get encoding of all HTML content with MVC3. To properly encode all content whether HTML, JavaScript, CSS, LDAP, etc., use the Microsoft AntiXSS library

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```xml
&lt;system.web&gt;
&lt;httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5"
enableVersionHeader="false"
encoderType="Microsoft.Security.Application.AntiXssEncoder, AntiXssLibrary"
maxRequestLength="4096" /&gt;
```

DO NOT: Use the [AllowHTML] attribute or helper class @Html.Raw unless you are absolutely sure that the content you are writing to the browser is safe and has been escaped properly.

DO: Enable a Content Security Policy. This will prevent your pages from accessing assets they should not be able to access (e.g. malicious scripts)

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```xml
&lt;system.webServer&gt;
    &lt;httpProtocol&gt;
        &lt;customHeaders&gt;
            &lt;add name="Content-Security-Policy"
                value="default-src 'none'; style-src 'self'; img-src 'self';
                font-src 'self'; script-src 'self'" /&gt;
```

More information can be found in the Cross Site Scripting Prevention Cheat Sheet.

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