From 8bc7ad4383452b2a3872aea3ef7c3eaef675af3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mensonge <mensonge@b3834d28-1941-0410-a4f8-b48e95affb8f>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:38:55 +0000
Subject: Bug fix: correct XSS problems (prevent username with non-alphanumeric
 characters, protect profile page)

git-svn-id: https://semanticscuttle.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/semanticscuttle/trunk@157 b3834d28-1941-0410-a4f8-b48e95affb8f
---
 services/userservice.php | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'services')

diff --git a/services/userservice.php b/services/userservice.php
index e50faaa..9b295da 100644
--- a/services/userservice.php
+++ b/services/userservice.php
@@ -393,8 +393,9 @@ class UserService {
         	if (strlen($username) > 24) {
         		// too long usernames are cut by database and may cause bugs when compared 
         		return false;
-        	} else {
-        		return true;
+        	} elseif (preg_match('/(\W)/', $username) > 0) {
+        		// forbidden non-alphanumeric characters
+        		return false;
         	}
         	return true;
         }        
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