[bug] RSS flux break when topic contains some extra caracter

[androgyn3]

Hi,

Some of my users have report a bug who break the XML parser in RSS flux when some topic text contains some extra caracters (vertical tab, \1F)



I use SMF last version 2.0.3.

Perhaps can you add some verification before posting for remove this unwanted caracter or the RSS is break.

Thank

[Arantor]

Better question, why does your subject have this in it in the first place? It shouldn't even be there - let alone being in RSS...

[androgyn3]

Hi Arentor,

Sorry, english is not my mother language, i don't understand your question.

It's a subject of a board when my user use rss like http://forum.mysite/?action=.xml;sa=news;boards=33;limit=255

I use Advanced topic prefix premium mod by Nibogo so there are a tag (prefix) in title and RSS but if the special caracter is in body it's same rss break.

[Arantor]

The RSS feed just gets the raw data.

It isn't just RSS that is broken - the topic itself is broken. So I want to know how it got broken in the first place.

[androgyn3]

Hi,

The raw data ![cddata ? i don't know, the prefix mod who put it ?
but the topic work well it's just rss who is break because of special caracter, other topic without special caracter work well in rss, it's smf probleme, i think

[Arantor]

The CDATA bit is *supposed* to be there. It's there for very, very good reasons.

The 1F bit you reported is physically part of the topic subject. It's not supposed to be there. I'm surprised it's not giving you trouble with other things.

[androgyn3]

No, not other problem just rss, the 1F bit is put when some user do a copy/past from elsewhere i think, the caracter is not filtered

[Arantor]

And that's a problem in itself - it should *never* be getting in in the first place...