import sanitizeHtml from 'sanitize-html'
/**
* Sanitize a translation string to prevent injection attacks
*
* @param {string} input
* @returns {string}
*/
function sanitize(input) {
// Block Angular XSS
// Ticket: https://github.com/overleaf/issues/issues/4478
input = input.replace(/'/g, '’')
// Use left quote where (likely) appropriate.
input.replace(/ ’/g, ' ‘')
// Allow "replacement" tags (in the format <0>, <1>, <2>, etc) used by
// react-i18next to allow for HTML insertion via the Trans component.
// See: https://github.com/overleaf/developer-manual/blob/master/code/translations.md
// The html parser of sanitize-html is only accepting ASCII alpha characters
// at the start of HTML tags. So we need to replace these ahead of parsing
// and restore them afterwards.
input = input.replaceAll(/<([/]?[0-9])>/g, '<$1>')
return (
sanitizeHtml(input, {
allowedTags: ['b', 'strong', 'a', 'code'],
allowedAttributes: {
a: ['href', 'class'],
},
textFilter(text) {
// Block Angular XSS
if (text === '{') return '{'
if (text === '}') return '}'
return text
.replace(/\{\{/, '{{')
.replace(/\}\}/, '}}')
},
})
// Restore the escaping again.
.replaceAll(/<([/]?[0-9])>/g, '<$1>')
// Restore escaped standalone ampersands
.replaceAll(/ & /g, ' & ')
)
}
export default { sanitize }