Re: Storing user entered data in the session
| From: | Ashley Sheridan | Date: | Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:29:42 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Storing user entered data in the session | ||
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On Tue, 2010-02-16 at 09:07 -0500, Mike Alaimo wrote:
> Can anyone guide me here? I have the desire to store user entered
> data into the session. I am regexing it to be only a-zA-z0-9 and a
> space. The data is stored in an object and then serialized before
> storing it into the session. Does anyone see any potential security
> risks here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
I think you're fine, I can't see any problems. I think most of the time
you have to worry when you're actually doing something with the data,
like inserting it into a file or database, or outputting it to a screen,
as these are the times that injections can take place.
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk