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#10056 My custom component triggers XSSShield

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Latest post by nicholas on Wednesday, 12 October 2011 14:52 CDT

user357
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? yes
Have I searched the forum before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? No
Joomla! version: 1.7.1
PHP version: 5.3.5
MySQL version: 5.1.54
Host: Media Temple
Admin Tools version: 2.1.10


Description of my issue:

I've written a custom component that opens a .pdf file in a new tab when the user presses a button on a form. I've just noticed that AT reported that function as an XSSShield attack.

Is there anything I can do to fix that? I wouldn't want any virus/trojan checkers to be triggered on my users PC's.

regards,
Royce

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Hi Royce,

Admin Tools keeps a log of all of the details of each detected attack in logs/admintools_breaches.log. Can you please copy the last entry's lines from the log right after you trigger it with your own component? This will allow me to understand why the XSSShield is triggered and tell you what's the workaround.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

user357
Hi there, I sent you the snippit in a private message.

regards,
Royce

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Hi Royce,

I took a look at the component and saw all that raw HTML in there. The density of the images is what's ticking off the XSSShield. For now, you'll have to turn it off. In the near future (1-2 weeks) I'm going to release a new version of Admin Tools which will include the WAF Exceptions feature again. This way you'll be able to tell WAF to ignore the XSSShield protection for that particular variable which is giving it trouble.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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