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Add payload and modify check function for <a> tags #2

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Add payload which bypass quote escaping by using URL encoding so that the payload is decoded when it is clicked.

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return True
else:
return False
tags = soup.findAll("a", attrs={"href": re.compile(r"^javascript:")})
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Is the re.compile() going to execute multiple times with it being there?

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Yes, this is going to execute multiple times but once per an instance. We can't avoid that without declaring a compiled pattern as a global variable. I think it's fine to stay here.

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