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  • Garrett Fisher 341 posts 496 karma points
    Nov 19, 2015 @ 20:26
    Garrett Fisher
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    AltTemplates -- Potentially Dangerous Request -- HtmlEncode?

    Hi,

    Does anyone know where the alttemplate querytring value is first processed at the request level?

    I've got an Umbraco (6.2.5) site which is failing a security scan because you can add...

    "?alttemplate=<!--"

    For example, as the value. I'd like to HtmlEncode it but I don't know where/how in the application flow that this is handled. The ASP.NET YSOD fires long before any page/template where I am personally doing anything with that value:

    A potentially dangerous Request.QueryString value was detected from the client (alttemplate="<!--").

    Anything I can do to prevent this error?

    Thanks,

    Garrett

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  • Marc Goodson 2155 posts 14408 karma points MVP 9x c-trib
    Nov 19, 2015 @ 20:52
    Marc Goodson
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    If you don't use the altTemplate functionality you can now turn it off in the umbracoSettings.config file at the bottom:

          <web.routing
        trySkipIisCustomErrors="false"
        internalRedirectPreservesTemplate="false" disableAlternativeTemplates="true" 
disableFindContentByIdPath="false"
        umbracoApplicationUrl="">
      </web.routing>

    if you want to keep the altTemplate functionality, but handle the comment attack; I think you'll need to register your own replacement version of the IContentFinder ContentFinderByNiceUrlAndTemplate

    https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/blob/d50e49ad37fd5ca7bad2fd6e8fc994f3408ae70c/src/Umbraco.Web/Routing/ContentFinderByNiceUrlAndTemplate.cs

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