From: Operating system: Linux 3.3.4-1-ARCH PHP version: 5.4.3 Package: Filter related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Htmlentities doesn't convert the characters (,),: to a named entity
Description: ------------ Htmlentities doesn't convert the characters (,),: to a named entity. Therefore a XSS-attack works for the script attached: ?test=javascript:alert(1); Test script: --------------- <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Test</title> </head> <body> <?php echo '<a href='.htmlentities($_GET["test"]).'>test</a>'; ?> </body> </html> Expected result: ---------------- <a href=javascript:alert(1)>test</a> Actual result: -------------- <a href=javascript:alert(1);>test</a> -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62013&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62013&r=mysqlcfg
