ID:               49687
 Updated by:       [email protected]
 Reported By:      sird at rckc dot at
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Feedback
 Bug Type:         *Unicode Issues
 Operating System: *
 PHP Version:      5.2.11
 New Comment:

Is this a bug in PHP or in scripts which do utf8_decode(addslashes())
instead of addslashes(utf8_decode())? What do you propose to solve this
bug?


Previous Comments:
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[2009-09-27 11:20:30] sird at rckc dot at

Description:
------------
Taken from: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48230
> 
> Description:
> ------------
> xml_utf8_decode function incorrectly decode.
> 
> Reproduce code:
> ---------------
> <?php
> $ill=chr(0xf0).chr(0xc0).chr(0xc0).chr(0xa7);
> $ill=addslashes($ill);
> echo utf8_decode("$ill");
> echo htmlspecialchars ($ill,ENT_QUOTES,"utf-8" );
> ?>
> 
> Expected result:
> ----------------
> it will output a "'" incorrectly.
> 
> Actual result:
> --------------
> it will output a "'" incorrectly.


This is actually a PHP security vulnerability.

Timeline:
* Reported by [email protected]: May 11
* Discovered by [email protected]: June 19
* Discovered by Giorgio Maone / Eduardo Vela: July 14
* Reported and Fixed on PHPIDS: July 14
* Microsoft notified of a XSS Filter bypass: July 14
* Fixed XSS Filter bypass on NoScript 1.9.6:  July 20
* Vulnerability disclosed on BlackHat USA 2009: July 29
* Added signature to Acunetix WVS: August 14

References:
*
http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/VELANAVA/BHUSA09-VelaNava-FavoriteXSS-SLIDES.pdf
*
http://www.acunetix.com/blog/web-security-articles/security-risks-associated-with-utf8_decode/
* http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-decode.php#83935
* http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48230
* http://noscript.net/changelog

Read the references for further details.

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
echo utf8_decode(addslashes("\xf0\xc0\xc0\xa7 or 1=1-- -"));
// more code in references, check the slides and the acunetix blog
?>

Expected result:
----------------
? or 1=1-- -

Actual result:
--------------
' or 1=1--


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