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+defmodule Pleroma.HTMLTest do
+ alias Pleroma.HTML
+ use Pleroma.DataCase
+
+ @html_sample """
+ this is in bold
+
this is a paragraph
+ this is a linebreak
+ this is an image: ![](http://example.com/image.jpg)
+
+ """
+
+ @html_onerror_sample """
+
+ """
+
+ describe "StripTags scrubber" do
+ test "works as expected" do
+ expected = """
+ this is in bold
+ this is a paragraph
+ this is a linebreak
+ this is an image:
+ alert('hacked')
+ """
+
+ assert expected == HTML.strip_tags(@html_sample)
+ end
+
+ test "does not allow attribute-based XSS" do
+ expected = "\n"
+
+ assert expected == HTML.strip_tags(@html_onerror_sample)
+ end
+ end
+
+ describe "TwitterText scrubber" do
+ test "normalizes HTML as expected" do
+ expected = """
+ this is in bold
+ this is a paragraph
+ this is a linebreak
+ this is an image: ![](http://example.com/image.jpg)
+ alert('hacked')
+ """
+
+ assert expected == HTML.filter_tags(@html_sample, Pleroma.HTML.Scrubber.TwitterText)
+ end
+
+ test "does not allow attribute-based XSS" do
+ expected = """
+
+ """
+
+ assert expected == HTML.filter_tags(@html_onerror_sample, Pleroma.HTML.Scrubber.TwitterText)
+ end
+ end
+
+ describe "default scrubber" do
+ test "normalizes HTML as expected" do
+ expected = """
+ this is in bold
+ this is a paragraph
+ this is a linebreak
+ this is an image: ![](http://example.com/image.jpg)
+ alert('hacked')
+ """
+
+ assert expected == HTML.filter_tags(@html_sample, Pleroma.HTML.Scrubber.Default)
+ end
+
+ test "does not allow attribute-based XSS" do
+ expected = """
+
+ """
+
+ assert expected == HTML.filter_tags(@html_onerror_sample, Pleroma.HTML.Scrubber.Default)
+ end
+ end
+end