Problem/Motivation

If i create a cookie category title or description that contains an apostrophe character, it's saved and rendered fine but as soon a i reopen the category configuration form, the apostrophe is replance by it's utf8 value (&#039) and rendered escaped.

Steps to reproduce

Create a category with an apostrophe char in title and description
eg. 

title:I'm a category
description: i'm a category description

Save it and reopen it and values will be replaced by :

title: I'm a category
description: i'm a category description

tested on 7.x-1.36

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#7 eu_cookie_compliance-special-characters-in-categories-titles-and-description-are-encoded-and-escaped-after-first-save-3208344-7.patch3.39 KBsvenryen
#4 special-characters-in-categories-3208344-4.patch1.01 KBericdsd

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new special-characters-in-categories-3208344-4.patch1.01 KB

Here is a patch against 7.x-1.36, it removes unneeded checkplain from form default values

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Thanks for your patch, will try to take a look in the next couple of weeks.

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Status: Active » Needs review
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new eu_cookie_compliance-special-characters-in-categories-titles-and-description-are-encoded-and-escaped-after-first-save-3208344-7.patch3.39 KB

@ericdsd Thanks for catching this issue.

However, I don't think we can remove check_plain from the code, since that could open a security hole.

As an alternative can we try using filter_xss?

Would be great if you could apply the attached patch and RTBC this issue.

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Status: Needs review » Reviewed & tested by the community

Hi @svenryen i've tested the patch #7, it works like a charm.
Switched to RTBC.

  • svenryen committed a6926c8 on 7.x-1.x 
    Issue #3208344 by ericdsd, svenryen: Special characters in Categories...
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Status: Reviewed & tested by the community » Fixed

Thanks!

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.