Potentially Dangerous Request.Form Value Was Detected Dealing With These Errors Proactively?

Mar 17, 2010

I'm noticing this error more and more in my error logs. I've read through the questions here talking about this error, but they don't address what I would like to do (see below).

I'm considering three options, in the order of preference:

1) When submitting a form (I use formviews almost exclusively, if that helps), if potentially dangerous characters are detected, automatically strip them out and submit.

2) When submitting a form, if potentially dangerous characters are detected, alert the user and let them fix it before trying again.

3) After the exception is generated, deal with it and alert the user.

I'm hoping one of the first two options might be able to do somewhat globally...I know for the 3rd I'd have to alter a TON of Try-Catch blocks I already have in place. Doable, but labor intensive. I'd rather be proactive about it if at all possible and avoid the exception all together.

Perhaps one approach to #1 would be to write a block of code that could loop through all text entry fields in a formview, during the insert/update event, and strip the characters out. I'm ok with that, but I'd rather not have to heavily alter all my Insert/Update events to accomplish this. Or maybe I just create a different class to do the text checking/deleting, and only insert 1 line of code in each Insert/Update event. If anyone can come up with some example code of any of these approaches that would be a

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why I am getting the following error? I have debugging enabled.Server Error in '/' Application.A potentially dangerous Request.Form value was detected from the client (strContent="<p>test</p>").

Description: Request Validation has detected a potentially dangerous client input value, and processing of the request has been aborted. This value may indicate an attempt to compromise the security of your application, such as a cross-site scripting attack. You can disable request validation by setting validateRequest=false in the Page directive or in the configuration section. However, it is strongly recommended that your application explicitly check all inputs in this case.

Exception Details: System.Web.HttpRequestValidationException: A potentially dangerous Request.Form value was detected from the client (strContent="<p>
test</p>
").

Source Error: The source code that generated this unhandled exception can only be shown when compiled in debug mode. To enable this, please follow one of the below steps, then request the URL:

1. Add a "Debug=true" directive at the top of the file that generated the error. Example:

<%@ Page Language="C#" Debug="true" %>

or:

2) Add the following section to the configuration file of your application:

<configuration>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true"/>

[code]....

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PLATFORM VERSION INFO

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ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.

CODE:

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MS provided us the information about C# compiler error. Does MS provide VB compiler errors information as well.VS

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[code].....

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Web.Config
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</customErrors>

[code]....

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