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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"); } } ``` Attribution: Adapted from OWASP Cheat Sheet Series under CC-BY-SA-4.0. Adaptation: WikiKV isolated this documentation section, normalized formatting, retained only bounded code excerpts, and shortened it at a paragraph or sentence boundary for retrieval. Verify version-sensitive details at the source.
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