function RemoveXSS($val) { // remove all non-printable characters. CR(0a) and LF(0b) and TAB(9) are allowed // this prevents some character re-spacing such as <java\0script> // note that you have to handle splits with \n, \r, and \t later since they *are* allowed in some inputs $val = preg_replace('/([\x00-\x08][\x0b-\x0c][\x0e-\x20])/', '', $val);
// straight replacements, the user should never need these since they're normal characters // this prevents like <IMG SRC=@avascript:alert('XSS')> $search = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'; $search .= 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'; $search .= '1234567890!@#$%^&*()'; $search .= '~`";:?+/={}[]-_|\'\\'; for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($search); $i++) { // ;? matches the ;, which is optional // 0{0,7} matches any padded zeros, which are optional and go up to 8 chars
// @ @ search for the hex values $val = preg_replace('/(&#[x|X]0{0,8}'.dechex(ord($search[$i])).';?)/i', $search[$i], $val); // with a ; // @ @ 0{0,7} matches '0' zero to seven times $val = preg_replace('/(�{0,8}'.ord($search[$i]).';?)/', $search[$i], $val); // with a ; }