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| author | joey <joey@0fa5a96a-9a0e-0410-b3b2-a0fd24251071> | 2007-03-21 06:05:21 +0000 |
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| committer | joey <joey@0fa5a96a-9a0e-0410-b3b2-a0fd24251071> | 2007-03-21 06:05:21 +0000 |
| commit | 1c65ca492295e754dfd9986f91b08eb0876d09b9 (patch) | |
| tree | f5ef8f767cf58055381e730e88a56f30ffa586b6 /doc/security.mdwn | |
| parent | 9bf29d60b2b44c16e9c3aaf1f4ff78a694f3c194 (diff) | |
* Fix a few bugs around page titles containing html. The worst of these
is an actual security hole as it allows insertion of html into the title
element of a page, which is not processed by the htmlscrubber.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/security.mdwn | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/security.mdwn b/doc/security.mdwn index 01a893d20..9b561a13e 100644 --- a/doc/security.mdwn +++ b/doc/security.mdwn @@ -293,3 +293,14 @@ This hole was discovered on 10 Feb 2007 and fixed the same day with the release of ikiwiki 1.42. A fix was also backported to Debian etch, as version 1.33.1. I recommend upgrading to one of these versions if your wiki allows web editing. + +## html insertion via title + +Missing html escaping of the title contents allowed a web-based editor to +insert arbitrary html inside the title tag of a page. Since that part of +the page is not processed by the htmlscrubber, evil html could be injected. + +This hole was discovered on 21 March 2007 and fixed the same day (er, hour) +with the release of ikiwiki 1.46. A fix was also backported to Debian etch, +as version 1.33.2. I recommend upgrading to one of these versions if your +wiki allows web editing or aggregates feeds. |