python-django: CSRF protection bypass on a site with Google Analytics

A CSRF flaw was found in Django, where an interaction between Google Analytics and Django's cookie parsing could allow an attacker to set arbitrary cookies leading to a bypass of CSRF protection. In this update, the parser for ''request.COOKIES'' has been simplified to better match browser behavi...

Service workers and base URIs

Previously when we've run into a contentious service worker design issue, we've asked web developers what they think. This has worked out pretty well in the past, with developer feedback directly informing spec changes. It's also great because we can blame y'all if you pick the wrong thing. Well,...

Potentially Malicious Web Site

Some Web sites include heavily-obfuscated JavaScript code, hidden redirection iframe, and other methods to cause unintended browser behavior. This protection blocks such potentially-malicious code from being downloaded to the user's browser...

Microsoft Internet Explorer LineBoxBuilder::FindWord Out-Of-Bounds Memory Access Vulnerability

This vulnerability consists of potentially hazardous use of memory on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Internet Explorer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The vulnerability relates to how...

Security advisory, LedgerSMB 1.3.0-1.3.36

Security Advisory: LedgerSMB 1.3.36, Improper Logout on Some Browsers Severity: Low cvssv2 base score: 3.6, total 0.5 Remotely Exploitable: No Complexity of Attack: High Impact: Relatively low. Prerequisite for Attack: Physical Access to Previously Logged In Browser, so high complexity in most...

LedgerSMB Improper Logout

Security Advisory: LedgerSMB 1.3.36, Improper Logout on Some Browsers Severity: Low cvssv2 base score: 3.6, total 0.5 Remotely Exploitable: No Complexity of Attack: High Impact: Relatively low. Prerequisite for Attack: Physical Access to Previously Logged In Browser, so high complexity in most...

Having fun with

Did you know that this works in every browser? Look, here's one: An image You might think it's leaking from SVG, but SVG images don't use src, they use xlink:href. Let's all take a moment to laugh at xlink. Done? Ok… In the first age of the web, some people accidentally typed instead of . Browser...

External image sources can trigger a basic authentication dialogue

When an external resourcee.g. http://foo.com/image.jpeg is used as the source of an image tag, if the external resource returns a 401 response code and sets a WWW-Authenticate header then the browsers standard 'Basic authentication' dialogue will pop up within on the confluence page. While this i...

External image sources can trigger a basic authentication dialogue

When an external resourcee.g. http://foo.com/image.jpeg is used as the source of an image tag, if the external resource returns a 401 response code and sets a WWW-Authenticate header then the browsers standard 'Basic authentication' dialogue will pop up within on the confluence page. While this i...

Apple iTunes 10 - Extended M3U Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit Framework web site for more information on licensing and terms of use. http://metasploit.com/framework/ require 'msf/core' class Metasploit3 'Apple iTunes 10...

Apple iTunes 10 Extended M3U Stack Buffer Overflow

This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in iTunes 10.4.0.80 to 10.6.1.7. When opening an extended .m3u file containing an "EXTINF:" tag description, iTunes will copy the content after "EXTINF:" without appropriate checking from a heap buffer to a stack buffer, writing beyond the stack buffer...

W3C Publishes Do Not Track Proposal

The W3C has proposed a standard for implementing the Do Not Track mechanism for both users and site owners, wading into what has become a contentious and fractious debate. The proposed standard, known as the Tracking Preference Expression, is designed to give users the ability to tell sites what...

InterWoven WorkDocs XSS Cross-Site Scripting

Interwoven WorkDocs is a document management tool for the enterprise. There is a cross-site scripting vulnerability within Interwoven WorkDocs. It is possible for a malicious attacker to inject script code into malformed URL which may eventually lead to many different attack scenarios including t...