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− | PL/SQL is a powerful procedural language built on top of Oracle SQL syntax. Extensive library of business-related and data-processing functions it incorporates makes it an attractive environment for building business-critical applications operating fully within the Oracle database. Introduction of PL/SQL Web Toolkit enabled Oracle developers to generate HTML straight from the PL/SQL code and build web applications fully residing from within the Oracle database.
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− | Just as any other web stack, PL/SQL web applications require careful input validation and other standard safeguards to prevent exploitable [[OWASP Top 10]] vulnerabilities. Oracle <code>htp</code> (hypertext procedures) and <code>htf</code> (hypertext functions) packages contain the primary functions for generating output in PL/SQL web applications as well as output escaping functions. See [https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B14099_19/web.1012/b15896/pshtp.htm Oracle: The htp and htf Packages]
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− | ==Escaping==
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− | Applications running on newer Oracle versions where APEX packages are available should use <code>apex_escape</code> for contextual escaping of output data in a manner similar to [[ESAPI]] validators. See [https://docs.oracle.com/database/121/AEAPI/apex_escape.htm Oracle: apex_escape]
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− | * APEX_ESCAPE.HTML
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− | * APEX_ESCAPE.HTML_ATTRIBUTE
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− | * APEX_ESCAPE.HTML_TRUNC
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− | * APEX_ESCAPE.HTML_WHITELIST
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− | * APEX_ESCAPE.JS_LITERAL
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− | * APEX_ESCAPE.LDAP_DN
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− | * APEX_ESCAPE.LDAP_SEARCH_FILTER
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− | * APEX_ESCAPE.NOOP
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− | Applications should use <code>htp.prints</code> to output text blocks rather than <code>htp.print</code> as the former escapes potentially dangerous characters (<code><>"'</code>). Note that the <code>htp.prints</code> cannot be used as a simple drop-in replacement for <code>htp.print</code> because it will also escape legitimate HTML but by <code>htp</code> usage model raw HTML shouldn't be generally entered in strings but rather generated with appropriate HTML functions (e.g. <code>htp.header(1, 'Hello');</code> will output <code><H1>Hello</H1></code>).
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− | Sample usage in typical PL/SQL code:
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− | htp.header(1, 'Details for user ' || apex_escape.html(username)); -- outputs <H1>...</H1><
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− | htp.print('Username: '); -- just a string literal, no need to escape
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− | htp.italic(apex_escape.html(username), 'class=' || apex_escape.html_attribute(userclass) );
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− | htp.para();
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− | htp.prints(address); -- escapes dangerous chars in address string
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− | htp.script ('var username="' || apex_escape.js_literal(username) || '";');
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− | On older Oracle platforms <code>htf.escape_sc</code> for output in HTML context can be used and the <code>utl_url.escape</code> function is available to escape URL characters (<code>&"<>%</code>). URL escaping functionality is also provided by legacy <code>htf.escape_url</code> function. These functions are generally less robust than their <code>apex_escape</code> equivalents and not context-aware.
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− | ==Authors==
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− | * Pawel Krawczyk
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− | == Other Cheatsheets ==
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