note 30658 deleted from features.file-upload by googleguy
| From: | googleguy@php.net | Date: | Wed, 22 Aug 2012 01:56:27 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 30658 deleted from features.file-upload by googleguy | ||
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Note Submitter: diegoful at yahoo dot com
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SECURITY CONSIDERATION: If you are saving all uploaded files to a directory accesible with an URL,
remember to filter files not only by mime-type (e.g. image/gif), but also by extension. The
mime-type is reported by the client, if you trust him, he can upload a php file as an image and then
request it, executing malicious code.
I hope I am not giving hackers a good idea anymore than I am giving it to good-intended developers.
Cheers.