Protection against XSS attacks with tabular forms

Hi all

I read in various items of security Apex if we create a box on a table with a report, we should set columns of type report "" display text (escape special characters, does not save the State) "" instead of "Standard report column" in order to avoid XSS attacks.

How can I avoid this for tabular forms? Editable for my sub columns form table are defined as "text field. I tried to save the form after you enter a Java script to one of the field in the form, and it worked fine. Apex escaped special characters. But I want to confirm with the experts who are supposed to make something different? Apex automatically escapes the special characters for tabular forms?

Please advice.

Thank you

RN

Hello

"Text field" or any other type of column in table form where you can enter data is not affected by XSS, because they always escape the value when it is displayed. Only 'column Standard report' is not secure if you do not have total control of the displayed value. But sometimes, it's intentionally use this type if you want to display values that contain HTML tags. But always be aware of potential security issue if everyone is allowed to enter the HTML code.

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