DotNet Security Cheat Sheet — A10:2013 Unvalidated redirects and forwards
A protection against this was introduced in MVC 3 template. Here is the code Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```csharp public async Task<ActionResult> LogOn(LogOnViewModel model, string returnUrl) { if (ModelState.IsValid) { var logonResult = await _userManager.Tr
Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions).
A protection against this was introduced in MVC 3 template. Here is the code
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```csharp
public async Task<ActionResult> LogOn(LogOnViewModel model, string returnUrl)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
var logonResult = await _userManager.TryLogOnAsync(model.UserName, model.Password);
if (logonResult.Success)
{
await _userManager.LogOnAsync(logonResult.UserName, model.RememberMe);
return RedirectToLocal(returnUrl);
...
```
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```csharp
private ActionResult RedirectToLocal(string returnUrl)
{
if (Url.IsLocalUrl(returnUrl))
{
return Redirect(returnUrl);
}
else
{
return RedirectToAction("Landing", "Account");
}
}
```
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