Bug: Brackets

Bug: Brackets

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Posted by: Ettanin.8271

Ettanin.8271

using these:
< > while previewing will be replaced with
&lt; &gt;

in the input field, which may irritate some.

Bug: Brackets

in Forum and Website Bugs

Posted by: smiley.1438

smiley.1438

The reason behind this is to sanitize the input in order to prevent XSS attacks. The only problem is, that the forum’s software is unable to convert the sanitized characters back from their respective HTML entities once they are stored… This is especially ridiculous in the API subforums where it is likely that someone posts a code snippet…

So yes, please fix it!