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title: Avoid using JavaScript in URLs
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# Avoid using JavaScript in URLs

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**ID:** `javascript-best-practices/no-script-url`

**Language:** JavaScript

**Severity:** Notice

**Category:** Best Practices

## Description{% #description %}

JavaScript URLs are evaluated the same way `eval` is executed. This can lead to arbitrary code execution.

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```javascript
var a = 'javascript:void(0);';
var a = 'javascript:';
var a = `javascript:`;
var a = `JavaScript:`;
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```javascript
var a = 'Hello World!';
var a = 10;
var url = 'xjavascript:'
var url = `xjavascript:`
var url = `${foo}javascript:`
var a = foo`javaScript:`;
```
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