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-rw-r--r--engine/lib/sessions.php23
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/engine/lib/sessions.php b/engine/lib/sessions.php
index c6ae6f8d4..0a35fec1a 100644
--- a/engine/lib/sessions.php
+++ b/engine/lib/sessions.php
@@ -162,6 +162,13 @@
session_destroy();
return true;
+ }
+
+ function get_session_fingerprint()
+ {
+ global $CONFIG;
+
+ return md5($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] );
}
/**
@@ -182,7 +189,21 @@
if (!is_db_installed()) return false;
session_name('Elgg');
- session_start();
+ session_start();
+
+ // Do some sanity checking by generating a fingerprint (makes some XSS attacks harder)
+ if (isset($_SESSION['__elgg_fingerprint']))
+ {
+ if ($_SESSION['__elgg_fingerprint'] != get_session_fingerprint())
+ {
+ session_destroy();
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ $_SESSION['__elgg_fingerprint'] = get_session_fingerprint();
+ }
if (empty($_SESSION['guid'])) {
if (isset($_COOKIE['elggperm'])) {