Adding escape sequences to user input before it is rendered prevents unwanted script content from being interpreted. Other methods that do not modify potentially hazardous characters upon display still risk letting an attacker run unauthorized code. Logging or scanning alone will not neutralize the data when it is displayed to end users.
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