XSS Security issue on Launchpad CVE Sequence Number

Bug #208327 reported by Emanuele Gentili
262
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Launchpad itself
Fix Released
Critical
Gavin Panella

Bug Description

Launchpad have a security issue on Link to CVE to "CVE Sequence Number" input text.

The problem is in "CVE Sequence Number", because accept and exec "<" ">" this chars.

It's possible solve it to simple php control with str_replace:

           $up1 = array ("<" , ">");
           $patch_deletion_comment_description = str_replace($up1, "", delete_comment_description);

and than substitute ${VAR} on submit string.

Fix similar to:
bug #204617
bug #207490
bug #207494

Revision history for this message
Emanuele Gentili (emgent) wrote :
Changed in launchpad:
status: New → Confirmed
Gavin Panella (allenap)
Changed in launchpad:
assignee: nobody → allenap
importance: Undecided → Critical
Revision history for this message
Gavin Panella (allenap) wrote :

In RF 5972

Changed in launchpad:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Changed in launchpad:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
William Grant (wgrant)
visibility: private → public
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