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8888- ** Secure string handling:** The RPC interface does not guarantee any
8989 escaping of data beyond what's necessary to encode it as JSON,
9090 although it does usually provide serialized data using a hex
91- representation of the bytes. If you use RPC data in your programs or
92- provide its data to other programs, you must ensure any problem
93- strings are properly escaped. For example, multiple websites have
94- been manipulated because they displayed decoded hex strings that
95- included HTML ` <script> ` tags. For this reason, and other
96- non-security reasons, it is recommended to display all serialized data
97- in hex form only.
91+ representation of the bytes. If you use RPC data in your programs or
92+ provide its data to other programs, you must ensure any problem strings
93+ are properly escaped. For example, the ` createwallet ` RPC accepts
94+ arguments such as ` wallet_name ` which is a string and could be used
95+ for a path traversal attack without application level checks. Multiple
96+ websites have been manipulated because they displayed decoded hex strings
97+ that included HTML ` <script> ` tags. For this reason, and others, it is
98+ recommended to display all serialized data in hex form only.
9899
99100## RPC consistency guarantees
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