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Bug #76664 Regression in URL rewrite when JavaScript href?
Submitted: 2018-07-25 16:56 UTC Modified: 2020-09-15 14:49 UTC
Votes:3
Avg. Score:2.0 ± 1.4
Reproduced:2 of 2 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (50.0%)
Same OS:0 (0.0%)
From: nicolas dot dermine at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Verified Package: Output Control
PHP Version: 7.2.8 OS: linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2018-07-25 16:56 UTC] nicolas dot dermine at gmail dot com
Description:
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We output some HTML markup inside a json_encoded string, with double quotes replaced by `\u0022` (with the `JSON_HEX_QUOT` flag)

the HTML markup contains a `<a href="javascript:...>` link

which becomes `<a href=\u0022javascript:...>` when json_encoded

we also use `output_add_rewrite_var`, and had no problem when using PHP 5.6 or PHP 7.0
(i.e .the parameter was not added, since this a JavaScript call, not a URL),

but it seems since PHP 7.1.0 the URL parameter is added just before the first argument of the JavaScript function in the `href` attribute, resulting in a JavaScript error when it is clicked.



Test script:
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<?php
// tried this on https://3v4l.org/fmRvE

output_add_rewrite_var('param_name', 'param_value');
ini_set('url_rewriter.tags', 'a=href');
echo '"<a href=\\u0022javascript:someFunc(\'some arg\')\\u0022>link 2</a>"';

Expected result:
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Output for 5.6.30, 7.0.30 - 7.0.31
"<a href=\u0022javascript:someFunc('some arg')\u0022>link 2</a>"

Actual result:
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Output for 7.1.0 - 7.3.0alpha4
"<a href=\u0022javascript:someFunc(?param_name=param_value'some arg')\u0022>link 2</a>"



(the added `?param_name=param_value` after the opening parenthesis causes a JavaScript error when the link is clicked.)

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 [2018-07-26 08:49 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified
 [2020-09-15 14:44 UTC] cmb@php.net
This is conceptionally tricky.  The issue isn't the javascript:
URL, but rather that the URL rewriter does not expect EcmaScript
Unicode escape characters.  If these are present, that can cause
all kinds of misbehavior, e.g.

    "<a href=\\u0022ftp://example.com\\u0022>link 2</a>"

will also be rewritten, even though ftp:// URLs are not supposed
to.

Not sure how to address this.
 [2020-09-15 14:49 UTC] cmb@php.net
Regarding the regression as of PHP 7.1.0: formerly, the URL
parsing was more sloppy, so the \u0022 have basically just been
ignored.  As of PHP 7.1.0, the URL is actually parsed
(php_url_parse_ex()), and since the \u0022 are considered part of
the URL, the URL parser is confused; see <https://3v4l.org/7PMeQ>.
 
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