Fix deserialization of untrusted data weakness#119
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The unserialize filter has a weakness to arbitrary class usage which can be combined with user input to create unserialization gadgets which are used in RCE vulnerability chains. I've also chosen to deprecate these functions. I see no reason to continue having them when they have so many sharp edges. Applications relying on these features, can add their own filters. Thanks to Volker Dusch and the PHP Ecosystem security team for reporting this.
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Fix `include` tag being vulnerable to path traversal Ensure that all relative and absolute file paths are contained by a template path. We're looking at the string values so that any `../` tricks don't work. Thanks to Volker Dusch and the PHP Ecosystem security team for reporting this. * Fix deserialization of untrusted data weakness (#119) The unserialize filter has a weakness to arbitrary class usage which can be combined with user input to create unserialization gadgets which are used in RCE vulnerability chains. I've also chosen to deprecate these functions. I see no reason to continue having them when they have so many sharp edges. Applications relying on these features, can add their own filters. Thanks to Volker Dusch and the PHP Ecosystem security team for reporting this. CI was broken. * Open OS range * Update for older phpunit
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The unserialize filter has a weakness to arbitrary class usage which can be combined with user input to create unserialization gadgets which are used in RCE vulnerability chains.
I've also chosen to deprecate these functions. I see no reason to continue having them when they have so many sharp edges. Applications relying on these features, can add their own filters.
Thanks to Volker Dusch and the PHP Ecosystem security team for reporting this.