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@@ -227,8 +227,14 @@ Security checks
- `refreshpofiles` uses `system()`, whose args have to be checked more
thoroughly to prevent any security issue (command injection, etc.).
+ > Always pass `system()` a list of parameters to avoid the shell.
+ > I've checked in a change fixing that. --[[Joey]]
- `refreshpofiles` and `refreshpot` create new files; this may need
some checks, e.g. using `IkiWiki::prep_writefile()`
+- Can any sort of directives be put in po files that will
+ cause mischief (ie, include other files, run commands, crash gettext,
+ whatever).
+- Any security issues on running po4a on untrusted content?
gettext/po4a rough corners
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