OWASPASVS 5.0 requirement
ASVS-V1.2.9 The application escapes special characters in regular expressions (typically using a backslash) to prevent them from being misinterpreted…
- Standard
- OWASP ASVS 5.0
- Chapter
- V1 Encoding and Sanitization
- Section
- V1.2 Injection Prevention
- Level
- L2 (requirement applies from this verification level up)
Requirement
Verify that the application escapes special characters in regular expressions (typically using a backslash) to prevent them from being misinterpreted as metacharacters.