Are Seam s:link and s:button tags XSS attack safe in JBoss EAP 5.1?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • As per the web site vulnerability standards following characters should not be part of URL "(",")"

  • While clicking on links generated using

    s:link propagation="end" rendered="#{loginUser.isAdmin}"
    view="/secured/admin/order/approveOrder.seam" 
    action="#{manageOrderAction.getOrderPage()}">
    <h:outputText value="#{messages['userHeader.adminHome']} |"
  • We are seeing characters "(" and ")".Is this XSS (Cross Site Scripting) safe?

Environment

JBoss Seam 2.2.4
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 5.1

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