[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Closed: (JBSEAM-2204) Potential XSS issue in seam text with allowed href attribute

[Christian Bauer (JIRA)]

     [ http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-2204?page=all ]

Christian Bauer closed JBSEAM-2204.
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    Fix Version/s: 2.0.1.GA
       Resolution: Done

Resolved this (I hope) by not allowing double or single quotes in HTML attribute values. This should prevent attribute-based attacks, such as simply embedding Javascript in the HREF attribute. 

Also removed the <embed> and <object> tags from the allowed list, these would open up XSS holes by executing Flash movies in the page context. 



> Potential XSS issue in seam text with allowed href attribute
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBSEAM-2204
>                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-2204
>             Project: JBoss Seam
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Wiki
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.0.GA
>            Reporter: Christian Bauer
>         Assigned To: Christian Bauer
>            Priority: Critical
>             Fix For: 2.0.1.GA
>
>
> We allow <a href="foo"/> in Seam Text, which can potentially be abused to inject Javascript executed in the context of the page. Need to evaluate impact of leaving or removing.

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