Hi
I feel lately a security measure was added to the DNN ( am using 6.2.4 CE), if the character & is present to the URL, an error is generated (as below)
That is ok for a newly installed website, but in my case, I am facing a big issue with it, because until lately, the & was accepted in the url. Also the file table and upload would accept a file name with &
I have over 30,000 pages indexed by google, I did remove all the & from the file names in the database table and likewise removed them from the actual files in their retrospective folders.
My question, what about the indexed pages that carry the & which till recently did not generate any errors. Plus how would the installation accept the
I did try a url rewrite but no luck :(
Any suggestions ?
Server Error in '/' Application.
A potentially dangerous Request.Path value was detected from the client (&).
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Web.HttpException: A potentially dangerous Request.Path value was detected from the client (&).
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. |
Stack Trace:
[HttpException (0x80004005): A potentially dangerous Request.Path value was detected from the client (&).] System.Web.HttpRequest.ValidateInputIfRequiredByConfig() +12617275 System.Web.PipelineStepManager.ValidateHelper(HttpContext context) +166
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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.18010