From 63d7879941c9bef37544f9a6589b7eaa5cf9bff9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jaydin_MacBook <JaydinFreemanWork@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 11:18:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Issue #11

Uncontrolled data used in path expression
---
 .gitignore     | 2 ++
 backend/app.py | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 78a3d75..edc549e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ frontend/.env
 *.pyc
 *.DS_Store
 backend/support/.DS_Store
+credentials.json
+backend/credentials.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/app.py b/backend/app.py
index a178985..1a1a384 100644
--- a/backend/app.py
+++ b/backend/app.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 
 
 def is_file_valid(file_path):
-    return os.path.isfile(file_path) and not os.path.islink(file_path)
-
+    normalized_path = os.path.normpath(file_path)
+    return os.path.isfile(normalized_path) and not os.path.islink(normalized_path)
 
 def remove_file_safely(file_path):
     try: