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[Melissa Draper <melissa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The final patch for this is at https://reviews.mahara.org/#/c/1451/

** Visibility changed to: Public

** This bug is no longer flagged as a security vulnerability

** Changed in: mahara
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Melissa Draper (melissa)

** Changed in: mahara
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1009774

Title:
  Links & resources urls are unsanitised

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Discovered by Emanuel Bronshtein. Present in all versions, requires an
  admin account.

   Configure site -> Menus -> Add External Link:
   http://localhost/mahara-1.5.1/mahara-1.5.1/htdocs/admin/site/menu.php
   Add new Link:
   Name: XSS
   Linked to: javascript:alert(location)
   click "Add".
   ...
   fix: Allow only whitelisted protocols (http,https,mailto).

  
  The sanitize_url function should be used for this.

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