Doc #54584 [NEW]: Security warning needed

From: Operating system: PHP version: 5.3.6 Package: Security related Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Security warning needed Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/reserved.variables.server#Indices --- The page states that PHP_SELF contains "The filename of the currently executing script", but it actually contains all of the request path, which makes it open for HTML injection. This is by design, but as PHP_SELF is widely used for FORM submission, I think a security warning would be appropriate. Test script: --------------- If a page contains <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>"> -and the page is called with: index.php/"><script>alert('Injection');</script>< The script is injected to the page. Expected result: ---------------- The behavior is by design - I just think the documentation should contain a warning on the issue. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54584&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54584&r=mysqlcfg