FIX: Ensure translated content is safe for rendering

app/models/concerns/discourse_translator/translatable.rb

@@ -17,8 +17,14 @@ def set_detected_locale(locale)
       (content_locale || build_content_locale).update!(detected_locale: locale)
     end
 
+    # This method is used to create a translation for a translatable (Post or Topic) and a specific locale.
+    # If a translation already exists for the locale, it will be updated.
+    # Texts are put through a Sanitizer to clean them up before saving.
+    # @param locale [String] the locale of the translation
+    # @param text [String] the translated text
     def set_translation(locale, text)
       locale = locale.to_s.gsub("_", "-")
+      text = DiscourseTranslator::TranslatedContentSanitizer.sanitize(text)
       translations.find_or_initialize_by(locale: locale).update!(translation: text)
     end
 

lib/discourse_translator/translated_content_sanitizer.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module DiscourseTranslator
+  class TranslatedContentSanitizer
+    def self.sanitize(content)
+      PrettyText.cleanup(content, {})
+    end
+  end
+end

spec/lib/translated_content_sanitizer_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+describe DiscourseTranslator::TranslatedContentSanitizer do
+  it "sanitizes the content" do
+    sanitized =
+      DiscourseTranslator::TranslatedContentSanitizer.sanitize(
+        "<script>alert('test')</script><p> <h1>Testing</h1> This is a test post</p>",
+      )
+
+    expect(sanitized).to eq("<p> </p><h1>Testing</h1> This is a test post<p></p>")
+  end
+end