Login or Register :: Home :: Search :: Your Account :: Forums :: Waraxe Advisories :: Tools :: October 9, 2026 Menu Home Logout Discussions Forums Members List IRC chat Tools Base64 coder MD5 hash CRC32 checksum ROT13 coder SHA-1 hash URL-decoder Sql Char Encoder Affiliates y3dips ITsec Md5 Cracker User Manuals AlbumNow Content Content Sections FAQ Top Info Feedback Recommend Us Search Journal Your Account User Info Welcome, Anonymous Nickname Password (Register) Membership: Latest: MichaelSnaRe New Today: 0 New Yesterday: 0 Overall: 9144 People Online: Visitors: 2366 Members: 0 Total: 2366 Full disclosure [0day-rubbish] StreamSets Transformer 3.17.0 auth-mode none fallback and un-sandboxed ScalaDTransform execution to container root (8.1 primary) [0day-rubbish] RCDevs WebADM 2.4.14 authenticated log viewer sid command injection to webadm uid 999 code execution (7.2) [0day-rubbish] Maian Cart 3.8 addBanners unrestricted banner upload to PHP webshell and administrator command execution (7.2 primary, PR:H) [0day-rubbish] IPConfigure Orchid VMS 26.3.0 authenticated DNF repository GPG-key property command injection to root (7.2) [0day-rubbish] Circutor LineEds 24.11.14-r0 unauthenticated pwrstudio events.xml shellExecute command injection (9.8) [0day-rubbish] Asustor ADM 3.5.9.RWM1 (AS602T) music.cgi act=live stored-filename command injection reaching system() (8.8 primary, PR:L) [0day-rubbish] Advantech WebAccess Node 9.2.3 unauthenticated CrystalRpt.aspx file upload and path traversal to code execution in w3wp.exe (9.8) SEC Consult Research 20261001 :: Arbitrary Email sender spoofing in Apple iCloud mail SEC Consult SA-20260924-0 :: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Paessler PRTG Network Monitor #CVE-2026-4637 #CVE-2026-4638 [NotCVE-2026-0019] game-music-emu through 0.6.5 VGM Command Interpreter Missing Operand Length Check Allows Heap Out-of-Bounds Read [NotCVE-2026-0018] game-music-emu (libgme) through 0.6.5 Unbounded GYM Command Loop Allows Heap Out-of-Bounds Read [NotCVE-2026-0017] game-music-emu (libgme) 0.6.5 and Earlier AY Loader NULL Pointer Dereference Allows Denial of Service [NotCVE-2026-0016] game-music-emu VGM Command Interpreter Unvalidated 0xE0 PCM Seek Offset Allows Out-of-Bounds Read and Denial of Service APPLE-SA-09-28-2026-3 macOS Sequoia 15.8.1 APPLE-SA-09-28-2026-2 macOS Tahoe 26.7.1 IT Security and Insecurity Portal www.waraxe.us Forum Index -> Php -> Link in forum View previous topic :: View next topic Link in forum Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:54 am shmk Active user Joined: Jul 22, 2004 Posts: 25 What's the most secure PHP filter that allow users to insert links to sites or images in a forum without flaws in security? (regarding xss and csrf overall) Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:23 pm waraxe Site admin Joined: May 11, 2004 Posts: 2407 Location: Estonia, Tartu It's always possible to fool the security filters. Attacker can first place normal picture to remote server and then post img link to it. This will pass all security tests and posting will be allowed. After that attacker just changes original image on remote server with anything else he wants. Attacker can use Amapche's mod_rewrite, so that (victim) client browser will ask for jpg and will get 301/302 redirect pointing somewhere - classical CSRF case through GET method. I have seen more paranoid solutions, where webserver will check remote image validity within ANY request, and even this will not help, because image hosting server can serve different content based on client IP - so that checking webserver will see this as normal image, but subsequent victim browser will get mailicious CSRF redirection. Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:42 pm shmk Active user Joined: Jul 22, 2004 Posts: 25 waraxe wrote: It's always possible to fool the security filters. Attacker can first place normal picture to remote server and then post img link to it. This will pass all security tests and posting will be allowed. After that attacker just changes original image on remote server with anything else he wants. Attacker can use Amapche's mod_rewrite, so that (victim) client browser will ask for jpg and will get 301/302 redirect pointing somewhere - classical CSRF case through GET method. I have seen more paranoid solutions, where webserver will check remote image validity within ANY request, and even this will not help, because image hosting server can serve different content based on client IP - so that checking webserver will see this as normal image, but subsequent victim browser will get mailicious CSRF redirection. So the only secure system is disable external links? And a "quite" secure system? The classical hidden token system could limit the CSRF or it's quite useless? (i saw it mainly in POST form but it could be used in GET too?) Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:33 pm waraxe Site admin Joined: May 11, 2004 Posts: 2407 Location: Estonia, Tartu Anti-CSRF measures with random token or even with CAPTCHA (for critical requests) are very effective by my personal experience. So if you have securely written code with no potential CSRF threats, then linking remote images is not big security risk. But you must be sure about XSS too, because if there is XSS possibilities, then hidden token protection can be bypassed - because attacker can read token values right from html source or even submit POST forms without user interaction. Most secure anti-csrf still is CAPTCHA - critical operations, like new admin account creation, password change, file deletion - these are the situations, where CAPTCHA is useful. Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:02 pm shmk Active user Joined: Jul 22, 2004 Posts: 25 waraxe wrote: Anti-CSRF measures with random token or even with CAPTCHA (for critical requests) are very effective by my personal experience. So if you have securely written code with no potential CSRF threats, then linking remote images is not big security risk. But you must be sure about XSS too, because if there is XSS possibilities, then hidden token protection can be bypassed - because attacker can read token values right from html source or even submit POST forms without user interaction. Most secure anti-csrf still is CAPTCHA - critical operations, like new admin account creation, password change, file deletion - these are the situations, where CAPTCHA is useful. Many thanks, so a token + capthca and maybe a verification email could block CSRF. Now I need to analyze the BIG XSS problem At this time I have only a htmlentities(strip_tags(),ENT_QUOTES) Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:51 pm shmk Active user Joined: Jul 22, 2004 Posts: 25 waraxe wrote: Attacker can first place normal picture to remote server and then post img link to it. This will pass all security tests and posting will be allowed. After that attacker just changes original image on remote server with anything else he wants. With this stratagem every forum security could be bypassed? Yours PHPBB too? Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:08 pm waraxe Site admin Joined: May 11, 2004 Posts: 2407 Location: Estonia, Tartu Yes - in this forum remote images are allowed in postings so that CSRF possibilities are real. Still - remote image can forge only GET request, and as much as i know and i have looked at phpbb source, most of the operations in user and admin control panel are based on POST method. So potential security impact is low here. Bottom line - use POST as much as possible in any critical operations. This will cripple image-based CSRF attacks ... 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