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Reporting an issue with UTF-8 characters results in garbage

Mark | Last updated: Jan 24, 2020 02:56PM UTC

We have German text in issues generated by an extension we've written. Burp displays it correctly, but when reporting the issues in XML form, the Umlauts and other non-ASCII characters get garbled. To replicate: create a Python-based extension, create an issue with any of "äöü" (or, presumably many other non-ASCII characters) in the text, report as XML.

Hannah, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Jan 28, 2020 11:13AM UTC

Would you be able to send us your sample extension to support@portswigger.net so we can attempt to replicate this issue?

Burp User | Last updated: Feb 03, 2020 03:20PM UTC

Yes, of course. Email is on its way.

Assaf | Last updated: Oct 22, 2020 11:07AM UTC

what is the solution here?

Ben, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Oct 22, 2020 02:25PM UTC

Hi Asaaf, Are you able to clarify the issue you are facing? Are you experiencing a similar issue to the original poster - XML output not displaying characters correctly?

ckid | Last updated: Aug 06, 2021 09:06AM UTC

I am loading a wordlist with german vovels and burp intruder is garbling them. How can I fix this? Thank you.

Ben, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Aug 09, 2021 01:00PM UTC

Hi, Can you confirm what option you have configured in the User options -> Display -> Character Sets section of Burp?

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