function locale_string_is_safe

Check that a string is safe to be added or imported as a translation.

This test can be used to detect possibly bad translation strings. It should not have any false positives. But it is only a test, not a transformation, as it destroys valid HTML. We cannot reliably filter translation strings on import because some strings are irreversibly corrupted. For example, an & in the translation would get encoded to & by \Drupal\Component\Utility\Xss::filter() before being put in the database, and thus would be displayed incorrectly.

The allowed tag list is like \Drupal\Component\Utility\Xss::filterAdmin(), but omitting div and img as not needed for translation and likely to cause layout issues (div) or a possible attack vector (img).

File

core/modules/locale/locale.module, line 986

Code

function locale_string_is_safe($string) {
    // Some strings have tokens in them. For tokens in the first part of href or
    // src HTML attributes, \Drupal\Component\Utility\Xss::filter() removes part
    // of the token, the part before the first colon.
    // \Drupal\Component\Utility\Xss::filter() assumes it could be an attempt to
    // inject javascript. When \Drupal\Component\Utility\Xss::filter() removes
    // part of tokens, it causes the string to not be translatable when it should
    // be translatable.
    // @see \Drupal\Tests\locale\Kernel\LocaleStringIsSafeTest::testLocaleStringIsSafe()
    //
    // We can recognize tokens since they are wrapped with brackets and are only
    // composed of alphanumeric characters, colon, underscore, and dashes. We can
    // be sure these strings are safe to strip out before the string is checked in
    // \Drupal\Component\Utility\Xss::filter() because no dangerous javascript
    // will match that pattern.
    //
    // Strings with tokens should not be assumed to be dangerous because even if
    // we evaluate them to be safe here, later replacing the token inside the
    // string will automatically mark it as unsafe as it is not the same string
    // anymore.
    //
    // @todo Do not strip out the token. Fix
    //   \Drupal\Component\Utility\Xss::filter() to not incorrectly alter the
    //   string. https://www.drupal.org/node/2372127
    $string = preg_replace('/\\[[a-z0-9_-]+(:[a-z0-9_-]+)+\\]/i', '', $string);
    return Html::decodeEntities($string) == Html::decodeEntities(Xss::filter($string, [
        'a',
        'abbr',
        'acronym',
        'address',
        'b',
        'bdo',
        'big',
        'blockquote',
        'br',
        'caption',
        'cite',
        'code',
        'col',
        'colgroup',
        'dd',
        'del',
        'dfn',
        'dl',
        'dt',
        'em',
        'h1',
        'h2',
        'h3',
        'h4',
        'h5',
        'h6',
        'hr',
        'i',
        'ins',
        'kbd',
        'li',
        'ol',
        'p',
        'pre',
        'q',
        'samp',
        'small',
        'span',
        'strong',
        'sub',
        'sup',
        'table',
        'tbody',
        'td',
        'tfoot',
        'th',
        'thead',
        'tr',
        'tt',
        'ul',
        'var',
    ]));
}