Re: Remote File Variable Injection Safety?

From: Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:47:42 +0000
Subject: Re: Remote File Variable Injection Safety?
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Daniel Kolbo wrote: > Hello, > > suppose there is a file at http://otherhost.com/remote.php that > looks > like this: > > <?php > if (!isset($safe_flag)) > { > die("hacking attempt"); > } > echo "You are in"; > ?> > > Suppose i executed the following php file at > http://myhost.com/local.php > > <?php > require_once("http://otherhost.com/remote.php"); > ?> > > Is there any way to get local.php to display "You are in", by only > modifying local.php? That is, is there a way to set $safe_flag on the > remote host as one requests a file from the remote host from within > local.php? > > I have genuine, academic, non-belligerent intentions when asking this > question. > > Thanks, > dK > > > local.php <?php $safe_flag = 1; require_once("http://otherhost.com/remote.php"); ?> -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com

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