Fix invalid nested <select> when sanitizing <optgroup>#375
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Fix invalid nested <select> when sanitizing <optgroup>#375aalmiray merged 1 commit intoOWASP:mainfrom
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Absolutely approve this is clearly wrong in the code and the correct fix
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Problem
When using
<optgroup>elements within<select>tags, the HTML sanitizer was incorrectly inserting extra<select>tags, producing invalid HTML.Input:
My option
Broken Output
My option
Root Cause
Simple typo in HtmlElementTables.java
Fixes #358
Note
Similar behavior was observed with but is not included in this PR.