A potentially dangerous Request.Form

Alex Munk

Hi All,

I read the KB821343 article on this subject and I am still a bit confused
about a couple of things:

1) Am I to understand that if I install .NET frame work 1.1 on the computer
generating the application this problem will be resolved?

2) How can I find out what the offending code is doing? I really do not want
to disable Request Validation, I would rather find the problem and HTML
encode myself.

I appreciate your help.

Alex

Nov 18 '05 #1

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Alex Munk

Hi me again,

Regarding point 2) in my original post I was able to determine the root
cause of the problem:

<select name="ddlForms" onchange="__doP ostBack('ddlFor ms','')"
language="javas cript" id="ddlForms" style="Z-INDEX: 118; LEFT:
700px;POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0px">
<option value="<FORMS>" ><FORMS&gt ;</option>
<option value="Vacation Request">Vacati on Request</option>
<option value="Internal Job Application">In ternal Job
Application</option></select>

The problem is in the line: <option value="<FORMS>" ><FORMS&gt ;</option>
Apparently "<FORMS>" is the culprit

Can anyone suggest how to fix the code?

Thanks,
Alex
"Alex Munk" <am***@hotmail. com> wrote in message
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Hi All,

I read the KB821343 article on this subject and I am still a bit confused
about a couple of things:

1) Am I to understand that if I install .NET frame work 1.1 on the computer generating the application this problem will be resolved?

2) How can I find out what the offending code is doing? I really do not want to disable Request Validation, I would rather find the problem and HTML
encode myself.

I appreciate your help.

Alex

Nov 18 '05 #2

Adrijan Josic

http://www.tconsult.com/aspnet/secur...tially_dangero
us.aspx

try that...

-----Original Message-----
Hi me again,

Regarding point 2) in my original post I was able to determine the rootcause of the problem:

<select name="ddlForms" onchange="__doP ostBack ('ddlForms','') "language="java script" id="ddlForms" style="Z-INDEX: 118; LEFT:700px;POSITION : absolute; TOP: 0px">
<option value="<FORMS>" ><FORMS></option>
<option value="Vacation Request">Vacati on Request</option> <option value="Internal Job Application">In ternal JobApplication</option></select>

The problem is in the line: <option value="<FORMS>" ><FORMS></option>Apparently "<FORMS>" is the culprit

Can anyone suggest how to fix the code?

Thanks,
Alex
"Alex Munk" <am***@hotmail. com> wrote in message
news:4rFDb.484 20 $e********@news 01.bloor.is.net .cable.rogers.c om...
Hi All,

I read the KB821343 article on this subject and I am still a bit confused about a couple of things:

1) Am I to understand that if I install .NET frame work 1.1 on thecomputer
generating the application this problem will be
resolved?
2) How can I find out what the offending code is doing? I really do notwant
to disable Request Validation, I would rather find the

problem and HTML encode myself.

I appreciate your help.

Alex

.

Nov 18 '05 #3

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