source: src/main/java/project/educatum/EducatumApplication.java

package project.educatum;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletComponentScan;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
import org.springframework.security.web.firewall.HttpFirewall;
import org.springframework.security.web.firewall.HttpStatusRequestRejectedHandler;
import org.springframework.security.web.firewall.RequestRejectedHandler;
import org.springframework.security.web.firewall.StrictHttpFirewall;

@SpringBootApplication
@ServletComponentScan
public class EducatumApplication {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(EducatumApplication.class, args);
    }

    @Bean
    PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder() {
        return new BCryptPasswordEncoder();
    }

    @Bean
    public HttpFirewall allowUrlSemicolonHttpFirewall() {
        StrictHttpFirewall firewall = new StrictHttpFirewall();
        firewall.setAllowSemicolon(true);
        return firewall;
    }

    @Bean
    RequestRejectedHandler requestRejectedHandler() {
        // sends an error response with a configurable status code (default is 400 BAD_REQUEST)
        // we can pass a different value in the constructor
        return new HttpStatusRequestRejectedHandler();
    }
}