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Fixes a potential cross site scripting (XSS) issue

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ahaber 11 years ago
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      bibtexbrowser.php

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bibtexbrowser.php

@ -243,10 +243,11 @@ function _zetDB($bibtex_filenames) {
$ext = pathinfo($bib, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
// this is a security protection
if (BIBTEXBROWSER_LOCAL_BIB_ONLY && (!file_exists($bib) || strcasecmp($ext, 'bib') != 0)) {
// to automate dectection of faulty links with tools such as webcheck
header('HTTP/1.1 404 Not found');
die('<b>the bib file '.$bib.' does not exist !</b>');
// escape $bib to prevent XSS
$escapedBib = htmlEntities($bib, ENT_QUOTES);
die('<b>the bib file '.$escapedBib.' does not exist !</b>');
}
} // end for each

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