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A potentially dangerous Request.Path value was detected from the client (<).

6/19/2014 2:37 PM

Tom

Joined: 9/23/2011

Posts: 458

A potentially dangerous Request.Path value was detected from the client (<).

Any idea what would cause this error? I'm running DNN 7.2.1

6/19/2014 4:51 PM

Sebastian Leupold

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Joined: 3/8/2004

Posts: 46212

Re: A potentially dangerous Request.Path value was detected from the client (<).

do you experience it constantly?

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6/19/2014 4:55 PM

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Re: A potentially dangerous Request.Path value was detected from the client (<).

What is the URL used to generate this error?

Are you using a forbidden character in the URL?
Example: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15...

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Mike

6/19/2014 5:22 PM

Tom

Joined: 9/23/2011

Posts: 458

Re: A potentially dangerous Request.Path value was detected from the client (<).

Thanks.

I think I've gotten it figured out.

It just occurred once (for one page). Looking into it, it seems as though the parent page had some strange characters in its Title, hence the TabPath for the page in question contained forbidden characters. I see in the database some Tabs (pages) with Tab Name that contains '
I appreciate for your replies.

This is on a test development server, running 7.2.1. on the live site, I am still running 7.1.2. How often do you advise updating?

Thanks again.

Tom

6/19/2014 5:53 PM

Tom

Joined: 9/23/2011

Posts: 458

Re: A potentially dangerous Request.Path value was detected from the client (<).

Are there any known bugs with the sitemap in DNN 7.2.1?

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