#36703 [NEW]: Can't include a literal plus sign in a character class
From: 5jpck6k02 at sneakemail dot com
Operating system: Linux
PHP version: 5.1.2
PHP Bug Type: PCRE related
Bug description: Can't include a literal plus sign in a character class
Description:
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A simple regular expression that has worked for years in PHP 4
suddenly fails under PHP 5.
Reproduce code:
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foreach($_GET as $val)
{
if ( preg_match("/[^a-z0-9_\-\+]/i", $val) )
{
die("<p>Invalid request.</p>");
}
}
Expected result:
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The above code is used to filter out bogus GET requests
containing potential XSS attacks at the top of a script. It
should allow all legitimate requests comprised of alphanumeric
characters, underscores, and plus and minus signs, through,
while kicking anything containing a character not included in
the character class out,
Actual result:
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The regex matches plus signs contained in query strings even
though the plus sign is explicitly included in the negated
character class. I believe it is being interpreted as a
quantifier when it is meant to be taken literally, I have not
been able to find any means of successfully including a
literal plus sign in a character class under PHP 5 to date.
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Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36703&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36703&r=notwrong
Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36703&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36703&r=submittedtwice
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PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36703&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36703&r=dst
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Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36703&r=float
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MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36703&r=mysqlcfg
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