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== Sensitive Code Example

At Controller level:

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<ValidateInput(False)>
Public Function Welcome(Name As String) As ActionResult
  ...
End Function
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At application level, configured in the Web.config file:

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<configuration>
   <system.web>
      <pages validateRequest="false" />
      ...
      <httpRuntime requestValidationMode="0.0" />
   </system.web>
</configuration>
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== Compliant Solution

At Controller level:

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<ValidateInput(True)>
Public Function Welcome(Name As String) As ActionResult
  ...
End Function
or 
Public Function Welcome(Name As String) As ActionResult
  ...
End Function
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At application level, configured in the Web.config file:

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<configuration>
   <system.web>
      <pages validateRequest="true" />
      ...
      <!-- see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.web.configuration.httpruntimesection.requestvalidationmode?view=netframework-4.8 -->
      <httpRuntime requestValidationMode="4.5" /> 
   </system.web>
</configuration>
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