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General issue: CWE-116 not reported for unescaped XML output in JavaScript/TypeScript

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Descripción

**Description**
CodeQL security scan did not recognise the CWE-116 (Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output) in a Sitemap.xml.ts file when unescaped values are embedded into XML output.

**Example**
A sitemap is generated dynamically by interpolating application-derived values
into XML elements:

```ts
function generateSitemap(entries: string[]) {
return `

${entries.map(path => `

${BASE_URL}/${path}

`).join("")}
`;
}
```
Values here are embedded directly into XML elements without escaping.

**Question**
I would like to understand whether this pattern is currently not covered by the JavaScript/TypeScript analysis, or whether the scanning logic intentionally determines that this does not constitute a CWE-116 weakness when generating XML output such as a sitemap.

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Línea de trabajo

Start by reproducing the reported CodeQL result against the Sitemap.xml.ts example and then inspect the JavaScript/TypeScript analysis coverage for XML output. Done means determining whether unescaped XML interpolation is intentionally excluded or should be reported as CWE-116, with the resulting behavior or rationale clearly documented.

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Evaluación

Stack tecnológico
javascript, typescript
Área
security
Tipo de issue
Error
Dificultad
4/5
Tiempo estimado
3-5 días
Estado de actividad
Estancado
Claridad
Necesita aclaración
Aptitud para principiantes
30/100

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