Do not call 'HttpUtility.HtmlEncode'. |
The assembly should not call HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(string) to encode strings. Use 'SPHttpUtility.HtmlEncode' instead.
| CheckId | SPC020220 |
|---|---|
| TypeName | DoNotCallHttpUtilityHtmlEncode |
| Severity | CriticalWarning |
| Type | Assembly |
Remove calls to 'HttpUtility.HtmlEncode'. The .NET Framework HttpUtility encoding library does not encode all characters sufficiently. For example, SPHttpUtility in SharePoint encodes a single quotation mark as ' but .NET Framework HttpUtility does not encode the single quotation mark.
To suppress this violation in managed code add the following attribute to the method which contains the instruction (available since SPCAF version v5.2). Learn more about SuppressMessage here.
// Important: Ensure to have #define CODE_ANALYSIS at the beginning of your .cs file
[SuppressMessage("SPCAF.Rules.SecurityGroup", "SPC020220:DoNotCallHttpUtilityHtmlEncode", Justification = "Provide reason for suppression here")]
[SuppressMessage("SPCAF.Rules.SecurityGroup", "SPC020220:DoNotCallHttpUtilityHtmlEncode", Justification = "Provide reason for suppression here")]
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