Apps Accepting User Links Have No Standard Malicious URL Defense
Any application accepting user-provided links faces open redirect, SSRF, and phishing risks, but there is no consensus pattern for validating and sandboxing URLs at the application layer. Developers implement ad hoc solutions ranging from naive blocklists to nothing at all.
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