#23544: Escape backtick
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Reporter: djbug | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: Uncategorized | Version: master
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: xss | Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by djbug):
* needs_better_patch: => 0
* needs_tests: => 0
* needs_docs: => 0
Old description:
> IE8 can suffer from XSS if backtick is left unescaped as it can be used
> to switch out of the attribute. It should be added in
> `django.utils.html.escape()` if this is a serious security issue.
>
> Source & related discussions:
>
> https://cure53.de/fp170.pdf
> https://html5sec.org/#102
> http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/postxss/
New description:
IE8 can suffer from XSS if backtick is left unescaped as it can be used to
switch out of the attribute. It should be added in
`django.utils.html.escape()` if this is a serious security issue.
Source & related discussions:
1. Paper by Mario Heiderich : https://cure53.de/fp170.pdf
2. https://html5sec.org/#102
3. http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/postxss/
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