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sneek/laravel-xss-middleware
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Simple Laravel XSS middlware to strip all tags and encode all entities from a user

1.1.0(8y ago)23.6kGPL-3.0PHPPHP >=5.4

Since Aug 14Pushed 8y ago3 watchersCompare

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XSS Middleware
==============

[](#xss-middleware)

A simple middleware for use in Laravel projects.

#### Installation

[](#installation)

Clone the repository

```
composer require sneek/laravel-xss-middleware
```

Add to the Http kernel `App\Http\Kernel`

```
    /**
     * The application's route middleware groups.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $middlewareGroups = [
        'web' => [
            ...
            \Sneek\Http\Middleware\XSSProtection::class,
        ],
    ....
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~55 days

Total

2

Last Release

3139d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ef9360ec671f9b9f7d1eb73b7b305f719ef249743c13a7245d670946daad533a?d=identicon)[CristianGiordano](/maintainers/CristianGiordano)

---

Tags

middlewarelaravelxss

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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