Re: [Wikitech-l] Reserving data-mw- attribute prefix in the sanitizer as non-user specifiable

2015-11-02 Thread Subramanya Sastry
On 11/02/2015 05:11 AM, Brian Wolff wrote: We already reserve data-ooui (by reserve, I mean blacklist in the sanitizer). But it feels wrong to use that for parts of mw that are not ooui. I would like to propose that we reserve data-mw- prefix as well for general usage by mediawiki/extensions

[Wikitech-l] Reserving data-mw- attribute prefix in the sanitizer as non-user specifiable

2015-11-02 Thread Brian Wolff
Occasionally its useful to pass trusted data to javascript using data attributes on elements that you know is not from the user. In the past, there has been security issues from using the data attribute for information that is assumed to be trusted, but in reality could be messed with by the user.