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escaping of data beyond what's necessary to encode it as JSON,
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although it does usually provide serialized data using a hex
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representation of the bytes. If you use RPC data in your programs or
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provide its data to other programs, you must ensure any problem
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strings are properly escaped. For example, multiple websites have
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been manipulated because they displayed decoded hex strings that
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included HTML `<script>` tags. For this reason, and other
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non-security reasons, it is recommended to display all serialized data
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in hex form only.
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provide its data to other programs, you must ensure any problem strings
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are properly escaped. For example, the `createwallet` RPC accepts
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arguments such as `wallet_name` which is a string and could be used
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for a path traversal attack without application level checks. Multiple
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websites have been manipulated because they displayed decoded hex strings
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that included HTML `<script>` tags. For this reason, and others, it is
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recommended to display all serialized data in hex form only.
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## RPC consistency guarantees
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