1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/url.c b/libnetdata/url/url.c
index 6be4d9648..07a9f8069 100644
--- a/src/url.c
+++ b/libnetdata/url/url.c
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-#include "common.h"
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+#include "../libnetdata.h"
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // URL encode / decode
@@ -58,7 +60,9 @@ char *url_decode_r(char *to, char *url, size_t size) {
     while(*s && d < e) {
         if(unlikely(*s == '%')) {
             if(likely(s[1] && s[2])) {
-                *d++ = from_hex(s[1]) << 4 | from_hex(s[2]);
+                char t = from_hex(s[1]) << 4 | from_hex(s[2]);
+                // avoid HTTP header injection
+                *d++ = (char)((isprint(t))? t : ' ');
                 s += 2;
             }
         }