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Security comparisons between two approaches: how to distinguish FUD from Substance? [closed]

Background: WorkerB and Tymac were discussing the pros-and-cons of using two different alternatives for extending a web content management system that is used in their company. Alternative one ...
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Is there any SQL injection for this PHP login example?

I want to write a login form, and I got one example from the web. I want to know, if there is any SQL injection for this code? If there is, what could the exploit's web form entry look like? This is ...
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secure certain data on my webserver

I've developed a website where people add their sensitive data. Not credit cards, but lets say they share things about themselves which are private and it wouldn't be good if other people see that ...
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Is it possible to execute a php script in an image file? [duplicate]

I have an image upload php website. Users can upload images to my website. A user claims he can hack my website using an uploaded image. I opened all the images that he uploaded to my server with ...
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how to find injected code in SQL

Recently one of my sites is hacked. The hacker used SQL injection to compromise the security. After getting SQL access he injected code in many places in database. I cleaned up many of them. But I am ...
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ASP.net vs PHP security? [closed]

I have been told that generally speaking, asp.net web apps tend to be more secure than php, since asp.net has some automatic security measures, for example, by default it doesn't allow remote file ...
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Is $_SERVER[ ] a safe source of data in PHP?

Can I 100% rely on $_SERVER[] to be a safe source of data that I do not need to sanitized like I do $_GET[] and $_POST[]? Thanks. OVERVIEW OF RESPONSES: So it seems there is a consensus that some ...
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When logging out of a website is anything else required then destroying the session?

In PHP, I'm not sure if I should start the session before destroying it when a user wants to log out. session_start(); session_destroy(); Is there anything else that needs to be done? EDIT: I ...
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is it safe to allow external images to be attached to Blog or any Web content?

I am filtering all images that attached to any content of my blog: Check for file extension. Check content type using $finfo = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE); I also save the image temporary on my ...
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how to bypass “header” in php

While reading an article I encounter an interesting thing I did not know about: if(!isset($_SESSION['usr_id']) || !isset($_SESSION['usr_name'])) { header('Location: index.php'); } ...Which ...
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CodeIgniter CSRF confusion

I have been working with CodeIgniter for about 3 weeks and am very well on the way to loving this framework. However I have been looking at the core code of the framework and I was reading over the ...
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setting up website for logged in users, anyone, and files no one should see (via the web) [closed]

I asked how to prevent not logged in users from seeing certain content but the solution I chose to implement encountered a problem. I chose to make my root directory for the server C:\WAMP\www\public ...
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Playing with Referrer Header

There are 2 sites: http://www.site1.com http://www.site2.com http://www.site1.com contains link to http://www.site2.com as <a href="http://www.site2.com/">link<a/> When user clicks ...
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Unable to secure my site [closed]

I am php developer. I have enabled Captcha and CSRF tokens but still some one is inserting random values in my database. Please give me an idea about how anyone can insert junk values in my database ...
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Is this code vulnerable?

I have developed a php code given below. I would like to know what are the security vulnerabilities present within this php code? <?php if(isset($_SESSION['id'])){ // get data ...
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Client vs Server security for business critical application (crossplatform)

We have the option to develop a software either based on Java (but then it is only available for desktop clients using Java SE and can run maybe also as tomcat app can be multithreaded, stable, ...
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How to restrict web access to certain countries

What are the better ways of filtering access to the web application based on Geographical location. Is it possible with a network layer firewall or we need an application layer?
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Protect database resources from fake data inputs via web forms

Scenario: I'm working on a project that needs to accept large amounts of data (customer data) from its users. So it can be normal to have a user trying to add 10,000 or 100,000 records at a time. In ...
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Is it safe to invoke PHP GD functions if you don't know whether file is a valid image?

There is image upload function in web application. After image is uploaded, it's resized using functions from PHP GD like imagecopyresampled and others. Before invocation of PHP GD's functions there ...
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Is it possibel to inject php code to roundcube errors log file via LFI vulnerability? [closed]

i tried to inject php code to roundcube errors log file, with no success. i think there is something filtering injected php code.
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Protecting against CSRF when a form is being submitted via an AJAX call

I'm using anti-CSRF tokens on all my forms to prevent CSRF attacks. Also, the tokens are being saved in the $_COOKIE variable to validate against the value I get from the form. I'm resetting the token ...
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Why is php not used for banking sites or for a banking transaction?

Other programming languages popular on the web, such as Java and .NET, are used for banking sites. However, I've rarely (if ever) seen a PHP application designed to be deployed for a banking site. ...
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How can I use this path bypass/exploit Local File Inclusion?

I have tried to run a vulnerability scanning script (Uniscan 6.0) on some websites and then I found a site which is exploitable with this following path. (included a word "invalid" , params/website ...
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PHP - How to do safe input filtering in the light of multibyte encoding vulnerabilities?

For days now I try to get my head round how to write a secure web application in php, and it turns out to be particularly difficult. The more I read, the more I sink in deep swamps full of ...
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sanitizing input/output in php/codeigniter

I've been making some progress learning about web application security. Right now I'm trying to finalize my strategy for sanitizing input and output. Background: Users can submit reviews to the site, ...
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Security issues with PHP Sandbox

I am working on a PHP sandbox for a Web Application Honeypot. The PHP sandbox will analyze a PHP file that may have been injected as part of an RFI attack. It should run the file in a safe environment ...
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Without using SSL, what's the most secure way to make an AJAX request to a PHP page?

It was suggested over at stackoverflow that I try my question here. This is it verbatim: So, it's impossible to do AJAX requests securely without using SSL. I get it. You can either view-source the ...
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Securing dropdown boxes

I have been creating selection boxes for years, yet I never knew you could modified it with firebug and submit them with nonpermitted values, of course this wouldn't happened if the code was secured. ...
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Database Security Best Practices for E-Commerce Site [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Securing an E-commerce site I'm developing an e-commerce site in a LAMP environment. Is it advisable to separate data on to different servers (i.e. to have one server as ...
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question for pentesters: PHP proc_open() in safe_mode

Can anybody explain to me how proc_open() is affected when PHP is running in safe_mode? As far as i have noticed, the command to execute is appended to a '/' - is there anything else and is it ...
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How can log poisoning be successful with a Local File Inclusion attack?

I just read a paper about Local File Inclusion on exploit-db.com, it can be found here. One technique with LFI is log poisoning as you may know already. You do an HTTP GET request that contains PHP ...
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How to find and protect against the exploited vulnerability in a PHP application based on the logged URL?

I have been attacked on a shared host server and they said I should configure my own php.ini file properly. I have a little PHP/MySQL program with a registering function, a little admin site. ...
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Is this algorithm for a random string cryptographically secure?

I've pieced together this algorithm (if it can be called that) from various bits of code I've seen online, and I'm wondering how cryptographically secure it is. It's used to generate passwords: ...
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Public XSLT & XML playground (with PHP DOMDocument, etc.) Security Risks?

Let's say I want to set up a sandbox or playground in PHP that users can use to create (or paste in) XML and XSLT, then transform the XML via the XSLT (by means of PHP 5's DOMDocument and related ...
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Attack vectors in POSTing variables from one php script to the next?

I have an application which is structured in the following way for its signup page. After this signup, the user is directly granted access into the system - there is no email verification (as ...
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How to defend vs. Image Remote File Inclusion, e.g. RFI using a .gif file (Apache/PHP)?

To defend versus Remote File Inclusion where attackers try to abuse image files, I usually recommend to never use include to include image files into PHP code. Sometimes though, the avoidance of ...
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Thoughts on Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA, anyone)?

I'm planning to implement Tiny Encryption Algorithm and exchange data between two PHP sites. Specifically, using the code presented at PHP-einfach.de Does anyone have any experiences / thoughts / ...
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How to hijack a session?

Despite the blatant title of the question, this is actually for a genuine purpose. My site uses PHP code like this: $select="select id from tableA where user_id='".$_SESSION['sess_user_id']."'"; ...
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Altering a $_SESSION variable in PHP via XSS?

Not sure if what I'm saying makes sense... but is it possible for me to alter a $_SESSION variable from outside the target PHP script? One of our scripts uses a $_SESSION variable and I'm not sure if ...
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Security attacks on PHP web applications

I know about following security attacks on php applications (html,php,js). XSS SQL Injection CSFR Session Hijacking /Fixation Code Injection Remote file injection Should i know about any other or ...
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Good Security tool for PHP- Suhosin vs Spike vs PHPIDS

Do I have to check/test my code beforehand, or do these tools inform me when an attempt is being made in real time? Secondly, which one should I go for -- Suhosin or Spike or PHPIDS or a combo? What ...
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how to configure edit-restricted mediawiki

I am planning to setup a public wiki using mediawiki, but I never used mediawiki for a public site before and I am not experienced with it, even as a user. I am planning to create a very restricted ...
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Disable insecure/dangerous PHP functions

Typically my job description limits me to code-review of web applications. More recently I've been asked to assist with some server-side PHP optimization where, although I am familiar with it, I lack ...
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Security review: “HTTP header user-agent has been set to (something)”

We got a security review done of our PHP code and they team advised this in their report (amongst other things): /appdir/ Details The HTTP header user-agent has been set to \" . Request GET ...
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Finding security consultant for doing in-depth code review?

We have a PHP application that we know has poor coding practices (because the developers did not have a good understanding of PHP / programming fundamentals). This could lead to the scenario where we ...
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Getting a manual security code review done - What to watch out for?

We have a PHP application that we want to get code reviewed from an external security consultant, but I'm not clear on "how to" go about that process. We did specify what kind of tests he should be ...
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What are the best practices for hardening a php.ini file?

In order to secure a PHP installation, what are the best settings for a php.ini file? What is absolutely vital in terms of security? What is recommended for most use cases?
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What security features should be present in every web-based CMS?

What are the most important security features that a web-based CMS should offer? What's vital? What would be nice to have? What features should the CMS not attempt to do? Please note: I'm looking ...
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How to Securely Implement a “Remember Me” Feature?

Assuming you already have a website that implements all of the standard login stuff, what is the correct and most secure way to allow users to automatically be logged in for a certain time period ...
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Should I use Suhosin for PHP?

Suhosin can be used to increase the security of your php application. I can really see the use of it when you are using shared hosts, with multiple (possibly evil) people running their PHP apps ...