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Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 12: Incomplete multi-character sanitization #11

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22 changes: 20 additions & 2 deletions src/aggregator.js
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return truncated.trim() + '...';
}

/**
* HTML-escape a string so it is safe to insert into HTML contexts.
* Converts &, <, and > to their corresponding entities.
* @param {string} input
* @returns {string}
*/
function htmlEscape(input) {
if (!input) {
return '';
}
return input
.replace(/&/g, '&amp;')
.replace(/</g, '&lt;')
.replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
}

// Sanitize and process articles
function sanitizeArticle(article, sourceName, tags, category) {
const rawSummary = article.contentSnippet?.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '') || '';
const rawSummary = htmlEscape(
article.contentSnippet?.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '') || ''
);

return {
title: article.title?.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '').slice(0, 200) || 'Untitled',
title: htmlEscape(article.title?.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '') || '').slice(0, 200) || 'Untitled',
link: addUTMParams(article.link, category), // UTM tracks traffic FROM AI-Pulse
pubDate: new Date(article.pubDate || Date.now()),
source: sourceName,
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