Protect against cross scripting attacks (xss) in JBoss?

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Issue

  • Is there a JBOSS configuration which I can enable which will disallow or disable the embedded script in URL processing?  For example: https://host.com/example.xhtml?cyc=<script>alert(1)</script>.

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 5.x
  • Apache Tomcat

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