Issue Summary

Pasting HTML Entities into HTML Macro gets converted after Confluence 6.14.0

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install Confluence 6.14.0 or later
2. Enable HTML Macro
3. Create a new page and insert HTML Macro into the page
4. Paste an HTML Entity into the HTML Macro such as:

   &
   

Expected Results

Any HTML Entities is pasted into the HTML Macro as it is

Actual Results

The pasted HTML Entities is converted into the associated special characters such as but not limited to:

 & 

"

<

Note

This issue starts happening from Confluence 6.14.0 and not observed in Confluence 6.13.10, likely due to the Editor Improvement that comes with Confluence 7.14.0.

Confluence Version	Pasting HTML Entiries Worked?
Confluence 6.13.10
Confluence 6.14.0
Confluence 7.10.1

This issue is also related to CONFSERVER-59741 (for Code Block macro)

Workaround

Using <Markup>

• Click on on the page where you want to add the code.
• Click on <Markup>
  
• Enter the text as shown in the screenshot attached for your reference, i.e. by adding the text content under {html}

  braces.
  

• Click on insert and you would see the characters showing up as expected.