Splunk Search

Why is special characters changed to HTML name?

staymini
Explorer

The special characters of the result of my question is converted to HTML Name and output like " and &lt.
What are the conditions that are converted?
I want the result number 2, 3, 4.

My version of Splunk is 8.2.6

1. search query :

| makeresults | eval text="@@@javascript:" | eval text=replace(text, "@@@", "\"") | table text

 result :

"javascript:

 2. search query :

| makeresults | eval text="@@@javascript" | eval text=replace(text, "@@@", "\"") | table text

 result :

"javascript

3. search query :

| makeresults | eval text="@@@javascripta:" | eval text=replace(text, "@@@", "\"") | table text

 result :

"javascripta:

4. search query :

| makeresults | eval text="@@@javascripa:" | eval text=replace(text, "@@@", "\"") | table text

 result :

"javascripa:

5. search query :

| makeresults | eval text="@@@javascript&colon;" | eval text=replace(text, "@@@", "<") | table text

 result :

&lt;javascript&colon;

 

0 Karma

yuanliu
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Is it possible that this is caused by a browser setting or user preference in Splunk?  I have these from Splunk 8.2.5 and 9.0.0, Safari 15.5. (Neither party has customization.)  Output strings are not mangled as in your illustration.

spcharcase1.png

spcharcase5.png

0 Karma

staymini
Explorer

It's inferred from the XSS protection.

The same conversion occurs when you create a post now.

My Browser > Chrome 104.0

it is the same when tested in version 81.

staymini_0-1660543238075.png

 

 

0 Karma

staymini
Explorer

Found a function at js code with XSS injection protection.

Maybe this is the cause.

staymini_0-1660689536715.png

 

0 Karma
Got questions? Get answers!

Join the Splunk Community Slack to learn, troubleshoot, and make connections with fellow Splunk practitioners in real time!

Meet up IRL or virtually!

Join Splunk User Groups to connect and learn in-person by region or remotely by topic or industry.

Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Announcing Modern Navigation: A New Era of Splunk User Experience

We are excited to introduce the Modern Navigation feature in the Splunk Platform, available to both cloud and ...

Think Like an Architect: Introducing the Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense ...

In cybersecurity, defenders respond to threats. Architects design the systems that stop them.    As ...

Best Practices: Splunk auto adjust pipeline queue

When you enable autoAdjustQueue in Splunk, maxSize should be understood as the queue size Splunk starts with ...