from flask import Flask, request, make_response, escape app = Flask(__name__) @app.route("/unsafe") def unsafe(): first_name = request.args.get("name", "") return make_response("Your name is " + first_name) # NOT OK @app.route("/safe") def safe(): first_name = request.args.get("name", "") return make_response("Your name is " + escape(first_name)) # OK