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== Noncompliant Code Example

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function (req, res) {
  const url = req.query.url; // user controlled input

  res.redirect(url); // Noncompliant
}
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== Compliant Solution

Validate the URL with an allowlist:

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function isValidUrl(url) {
  if(url.startsWith("https://www.safe.com/")) {
    return true;
  }

  return false;
}

function (req, res) {
  const url = req.query.url; // user controlled input

  if(isValidUrl(url)) {
    res.redirect(url); // Compliant
  }
}
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