Adding Full/External URLs to the List of Valid External URLs from WebCenter Portal (Doc ID 2812345.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 14, 2023

Applies to:

Purpose

Some WebCenter Portal components allow calling Full/External URLs.
This opens up the possibility to enter malicious URLs in the Portal pages or components.

To protect against these type of calls, WebCenter Portal provides a mechanism to validate which URLs are allowed.

This document will show how to add full/external URLs to the list of valid external URLs from WebCenter Portal. 

Some examples of where Full/External URLs are allowed in WebCenter Portal include but are not limited to the following components:

• Wikis
• Blogs
• Link components
• HTML Markup component
• Hyperlink component
• Opening Specific Page URLs from WebCenter Portal General Settings
• Web Page component
• Links from documents displaying in WebCenter Portal pages
• References to Full URL links from documents/pages/html content (other sites, JavaScript Files, Images, css files, etc.) 

Refer to the following documentation for more information:

Administering Oracle WebCenter Portal
Administering Oracle WebCenter Portal
Adding a List of Valid External URLs 

Scope

This document is intended for WebCenter Portal administrators who need to configure WebCenter Portal.

Details

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