Regex to allow only set of HTML Tags and Attribute

Question

How to allow only specific set of HTML tags & specific set of Attributes using general Regex?

Allowed HTML Tags:

p|body|b|u|em|strong|ul|ol|li|h1|h2|h3|h4|h5|h6|hr|a|br|img|tr|td|table|tbody|label|div|sup|sub|caption

Allowed HTML Attributes:

alt|href|tcmuri|title|height|width|align|valign|rowspan|colspan|src|summary|class|id|name|title|target|nowrap|scope|axis|cellpadding|cellspacing|dir|lang|rel

For Testing this Regular Expression, Am using RegExr site.

Below Regex is for targeting Attributes:

((alt|href|tcmuri|title|height|width|align|valign|rowspan|colspan|src|summary|class|id|name|title|target|nowrap|scope|axis|cellpadding|cellspacing|dir|lang|rel)\s*=\s*["|']?[/.?=&#\w\s:;-]+["|']?)

Below Regex is for targeting HTML tags:

<(?>/?)(?:[^p|body|b|u|em|strong|ul|ol|li|h1|h2|h3|h4|h5|h6|hr|a|br|img|tr|td|table|tbody|label|div|sup|sub|caption|P]|[p|cufontext|cufoncanvas|P][^\s>/])[^>]*>

I tried to merge both something like this but it is not filtering properly:-

<(?>/?)(?:[^p|body|b|u|em|strong|ul|ol|li|h1|h2|h3|h4|h5|h6|hr|a|br|img|tr|td|table|tbody|label|div|sup|sub|caption|P]|[p|cufontext|cufoncanvas|P]|((alt|href|tcmuri|title|height|width|align|valign|rowspan|colspan|src|summary|class|id|name|title|target|nowrap|scope|axis|cellpadding|cellspacing|dir|lang|rel)\s*=\s*["|']?[/.?=&#\w\s:;-]+["|']?)[^\s>/])[^>]*>

My intention is to allow only this set of Attributes and HTML tags.

Rest of tags and attributes should be removed and content should be left.

EXAMPLE:

INPUT HTML:

<h2 class="callout" cufid="2"><cufon style="width: 88px; height: 18px" class="cufon cufon-vml" alt="Lorem  "><cufoncanvas style="height: 29px; top: -5px; left: -2px"><cvml:shape style="width: 107px; height: 29px" path=" m39,-257 l75,-257,75,0,39,0,39,-257 x e m-41,-394 l2097,183 ns e" stroked="f" fillcolor="#c0bbaf" coordorigin="-41,-394" coordsize="2138,577"></cvml:shape><cvml:shape style="width: 107px; height: 29px" path=" m61,-157 c67,-174,93,-193,115,-192,142,-192,167,-170,166,-142 l166,0,131,0,131,-137 c134,-180,68,-170,61,-142 l61,0,27,0,26,-189,61,-189,61,-157 x e m-144,-394 l1994,183 ns e" stroked="f" fillcolor="#c0bbaf" coordorigin="-144,-394" coordsize="2138,577"></cvml:shape><cvml:shape style="width: 107px; height: 29px" path=" m68,-172 l68,0,33,0,33,-172,3,-172 c32,-188,54,-208,68,-232 l68,-189,108,-189,108,-168 c100,-173,82,-172,68,-172 x e m-326,-394 l1812,183 ns e" stroked="f" fillcolor="#c0bbaf" coordorigin="-326,-394" coordsize="2138,577"></cvml:shape><cvml:shape style="width: 107px; 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height: 29px" path=" m-1693,-394 l445,183 ns e" stroked="f" fillcolor="#c0bbaf" coordorigin="-1693,-394" coordsize="2138,577"></cvml:shape></cufoncanvas><cufontext>Lorem </cufontext></cufon><cufon style="width: 45px; height: 18px" class="cufon cufon-vml" alt="Lorem "><cufoncanvas style="height: 29px; top: -5px; left: -2px"><cvml:shape style="width: 65px; height: 29px" path=" m60,-58 c71,-14,125,3,152,-36 l151,-13 c94,27,15,-19,15,-91,15,-143,44,-192,94,-192,124,-192,152,-174,152,-147,152,-99,82,-86,60,-58 x m120,-149 c121,-167,109,-179,94,-179,62,-179,47,-115,55,-75,78,-95,120,-108,120,-149 x e m-41,-394 l1256,183 ns e" stroked="f" fillcolor="#c0bbaf" coordorigin="-41,-394" coordsize="1297,577"></cvml:shape><cvml:shape style="width: 65px; height: 29px" path=" m44,-175 c74,-204,147,-194,147,-143 l147,0,112,0,112,-23 c96,12,7,13,14,-45,18,-86,44,-97,87,-114,126,-130,124,-173,84,-175,66,-175,53,-166,44,-149 l44,-175 x m112,-116 c94,-97,41,-84,47,-43,52,-8,96,-9,112,-31 l112,-116 x e m-201,-394 l1096,183 ns e" stroked="f" fillcolor="#c0bbaf" coordorigin="-201,-394" coordsize="1297,577"></cvml:shape><cvml:shape style="width: 65px; 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height: 29px" path=" m63,-154 c69,-182,103,-204,127,-183 l127,-152 c107,-185,64,-157,63,-128 l63,0,29,0,29,-189,63,-189,63,-154 x e m-731,-394 l566,183 ns e" stroked="f" fillcolor="#c0bbaf" coordorigin="-731,-394" coordsize="1297,577"></cvml:shape><cvml:shape style="width: 65px; height: 29px" path=" m-852,-394 l445,183 ns e" stroked="f" fillcolor="#c0bbaf" coordorigin="-852,-394" coordsize="1297,577"></cvml:shape></cufoncanvas><cufontext>Lorem </cufontext></cufon><cufon style="width: 45px; height: 18px" class="cufon cufon-vml" alt="Lorem "><cufoncanvas style="height: 29px; top: -5px; left: -2px"><cvml:shape style="width: 65px; height: 29px" path=" m85,-32 c85,-74,123,-134,113,-189 l148,-189,187,-33 c191,-84,214,-142,226,-189 l254,-189 c238,-128,211,-64,202,0 l160,0,131,-118 c121,-77,104,-37,100,0 l59,0,7,-189,42,-189 x e m-41,-394 l1251,183 ns e" stroked="f" fillcolor="#c0bbaf" coordorigin="-41,-394" coordsize="1292,577"></cvml:shape><cvml:shape style="width: 65px; height: 29px" path=" m11,-94 c11,-144,47,-192,94,-192,146,-192,177,-149,177,-94,177,-44,141,2,94,2,41,1,11,-39,11,-94 x m93,-178 c29,-172,34,-21,93,-14,155,-20,157,-172,93,-178 x e m-292,-394 l1000,183 ns e" stroked="f" fillcolor="#c0bbaf" coordorigin="-292,-394" coordsize="1292,577"></cvml:shape><cvml:shape style="width: 65px; 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height: 29px" path=" m68,-172 l68,0,33,0,33,-172,3,-172 c32,-188,54,-208,68,-232 l68,-189,108,-189,108,-168 c100,-173,82,-172,68,-172 x e m-849,-394 l706,183 ns e" stroked="f" fillcolor="#c0bbaf" coordorigin="-849,-394" coordsize="1555,577"></cvml:shape><cvml:shape style="width: 78px; height: 29px" path=" m60,-58 c71,-14,125,3,152,-36 l151,-13 c94,27,15,-19,15,-91,15,-143,44,-192,94,-192,124,-192,152,-174,152,-147,152,-99,82,-86,60,-58 x m120,-149 c121,-167,109,-179,94,-179,62,-179,47,-115,55,-75,78,-95,120,-108,120,-149 x e m-950,-394 l605,183 ns e" stroked="f" fillcolor="#c0bbaf" coordorigin="-950,-394" coordsize="1555,577"></cvml:shape><cvml:shape style="width: 78px; height: 29px" path=" m13,-36 c28,-4,92,-11,88,-53,84,-91,9,-100,12,-147,15,-193,77,-204,110,-176 l110,-152 c100,-176,50,-189,45,-156,50,-111,121,-110,121,-59,121,-6,50,20,13,-12 l13,-36 x e m-1110,-394 l445,183 ns e" stroked="f" fillcolor="#c0bbaf" coordorigin="-1110,-394" coordsize="1555,577"></cvml:shape></cufoncanvas><cufontext>Lorem ipsum</cufontext><cvml:shape coordsize="1000,1000"></cvml:shape></cufon></h2>

<div class="contentContainer">
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</p>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</p>
</div>

EXPECTED FILTERED OUTPUT

<h2>Lorem Lorem Lorem Lorem Lorem Lorem ipsum</h2>

<div>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</p>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</p>
</div>

One more example, to make it more clear:-

Input

1. <abc id="test">new tag and known attribute</abc>
2. <a id="test" href="http://www.google.com/" xyz="testattr">known tag, attribute and one unknown attr</a>

Output

1. new tag and known attribute
2. <a id="test" href="http://www.google.com/">known tag, attribute and one unknown attr</a>

Appreciate for the help.

Answer 1

Here is a Perl solution using PCRE compatible regex. It is not aware of comments, doctype, CDATA, etc. Those should be added for a more complete solution.

# allowed tag and attribute names

my $allowed_tags_open = 'p|body|b|u|em|strong|ul|ol|li|h1|h2|h3|h4|h5|h6|a|tr|td|table|tbody|label|div|sup|sub|caption';

my $allowed_tags_self_closing = 'img|br|hr';

my $allowed_attributes = 'alt|href|tcmuri|title|height|width|align|valign|rowspan|colspan|src|summary|class|id|name|title|target|nowrap|scope|axis|cellpadding|cellspacing|dir|lang|rel';

$allowed_attributes .= '|style'; # for testing


# definitions for matching allowed tag and attribute names

my $re_tags = qr~(?(DEFINE)
    (?<tags_open>
        /?+
        (?>
            (?: $allowed_tags_open )
            (?! [^\s>/] )       # from (?&tagname)
        )
    )
    (?<tags_self_closing>
        (?>
            (?: $allowed_tags_self_closing )
            (?! [^\s>/] )       # from (?&tagname)
        )
    )
    (?<tags>    (?> (?&tags_open) | (?&tags_self_closing) )    )
    (?<attribs>
        (?>
            (?: $allowed_attributes )
            (?! [^\s=/>] )      # from (?&attname)
        )
    )
)~xi;


# definitions for matching the tags
# trying to follow compatible tokenization characteristics of modern browsers

my $re_defs = qr~(?(DEFINE)
    (?<tagname> [a-z/][^\s>/]*+    )    # will match the leading / in closing tags
    (?<attname> [^\s>/][^\s=/>]*+    )  # first char can be pretty much anything, including =
    (?<attval>  (?>
                    "[^"]*+" |
                    \'[^\']*+\' |
                    [^\s>]*+            # unquoted values can contain quotes, = and /
                )
    ) 
    (?<attrib>  (?&attname)
                (?: \s*+
                    = \s*+
                    (?&attval)
                )?+
    )
    (?<crap>    (?!/>)[^\s>]    )       # most crap inside tag is ignored, but don't eat the last / in self closing tags
    (?<tag>     <(?&tagname)
                (?: \s*+                # spaces between attributes not required: <b/foo=">"style=color:red>bold red text</b>
                    (?>
                        (?&attrib) |    # order matters
                        (?&crap)        # if not an attribute, eat the crap
                    )
                )*+
                \s*+ /?+
                >
    )
)~xi;



sub sanitize_html{
    my $str = shift;
    $str =~ s/(?&tag) $re_defs/ sanitize_tag($&) /gexo;
    return $str;
}


sub sanitize_tag{
    my $tag = shift;

    my ($name, $attr, $end) =
        $tag =~ /^ < ((?&tags)) (.*?) ( \/?+ > ) $   $re_tags/xo
        or return '';  # return empty string if not allowed tag

    # return a new clean closing tag if it's a closing tag
    return "<$name>" if substr($name, 0, 1) eq '/';

    # clean attributes
    return "<$name" . sanitize_attributes($attr) . $end;
}


sub sanitize_attributes{
    my $attr = shift;
    my $new = '';

    $attr =~ s{
        \G
        \s*+                 # spaces between attributes not required
        (?>
            ( (?&attrib) ) | # order matters
            (?&crap)         # if not an attribute, eat the crap
        )

        $re_defs
    }{
        my $att = $1;
        $new .= " $att" if $att && $att =~ /^(?&attribs) $re_tags/xo;
        '';
    }gexo;

    return $new;
}

---

Test (ideone):

my $test = <<'_TEST_';
<b>simple</b>
self <img>closing</img>

<abc id="test">new tag and known attribute</abc>
<a id="test" xyz="testattr" href="/foo">one unknown attr</a>
<a id="foo">attr in closing tag</a id="foo">

<b/#ñ%&/()!¢º`=">="">crap be gone</b> not bold<br/x"/>
<b/style=color:red;background:url("x.gif");/*="still.CSS*/ id="x"zz"<script class="x">tricky</b/ x=">"//> not bold
_TEST_

print $test, "\n";
print '-' x 70, "\n";
print sanitize_html $test;

Output:

<b>simple</b>
self <img>closing</img>

<abc id="test">new tag and known attribute</abc>
<a id="test" xyz="testattr" href="/foo">one unknown attr</a>
<a id="foo">attr in closing tag</a id="foo">

<b/#ñ%&/()!¢º`=">="">crap be gone</b> not bold<br/x"/>
<b/style=color:red;background:url("x.gif");/*="still.CSS*/ id="x"zz"<script class="x">tricky</b/ x=">"//> not bold

----------------------------------------------------------------------
<b>simple</b>
self <img>closing

new tag and known attribute
<a id="test" href="/foo">one unknown attr</a>
<a id="foo">attr in closing tag</a>

<b>crap be gone</b> not bold<br/>
<b style=color:red;background:url("x.gif");/*="still.CSS*/ id="x" class="x">tricky</b> not bold

---

See how your browser parses the tricky tags: jsFiddle

Possibly relevant:

• HTML Tokenization
• XSS Cheat Sheet
• HTML5 Security
• XML tag parsing

Answer 2

You can't parse HTML with regex (there's a reason why that is one of the top voted posts on Stackoverflow)

Answer 3

This seems very similar to a question I posted awhile back:

How do I filter all HTML tags except a certain whitelist?

Answer 4

Finally I have achieved this in two steps:-

//Allowed list of HTML Tags

<(?!/?(p|body|b|u|em|strong|ul|ol|li|h1|h2|h3|h4|h5|h6|hr|a|br|img|tr|td|table|tbody|label|div|sup|sub|caption)(>|\s))[^<]+?>

//Allowed list of HTML Attributes

\s(?!(alt|href|tcmuri|title|height|width|align|valign|rowspan|colspan|src|summary|class|id|name|title|target|nowrap|scope|axis|cellpadding|cellspacing|dir|lang|rel))\w+(\s*=\s*["|']?[/.,#?\w\s:;-]+["|']?)

Using above two regex, I have filtered my whole html.

EDIT:

Now I have reduced it into one regex, which filter all required HTML tags & attributes

(<(?!/?(p|body|b|u|em|strong|ul|ol|li|h1|h2|h3|h4|h5|h6|hr|a|br|img|tr|td|table|tbody|label|div|sup|sub|caption)(>|\s))[^<]+?>)|(\s(?!(alt|href|tcmuri|title|height|width|align|valign|rowspan|colspan|src|summary|class|id|name|title|target|nowrap|scope|axis|cellpadding|cellspacing|dir|lang|rel)\b)[\w:]+(\s*=\s*["|']?[/.,#?\w\s:;-]+["|']?))