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[CVE-2022-25238] Sanitise htmlfields serverside by default

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@ -214,39 +214,34 @@ or [sanitize](http://htmlpurifier.org/) it correctly.
See [http://shiflett.org/articles/foiling-cross-site-attacks](http://shiflett.org/articles/foiling-cross-site-attacks)
for in-depth information about "Cross-Site-Scripting".
### What if I can't trust my editors?
The default configuration of Silverstripe CMS assumes some level of trust is given to your editors who have access
to the CMS. Though the HTML WYSIWYG editor is configured to provide some control over the HTML an editor provides,
this is not enforced server side, and so can be bypassed by a malicious editor. A editor that does so can use an
XSS attack against an admin to perform any administrative action.
If you can't trust your editors, Silverstripe CMS must be configured to filter the content so that any javascript is
stripped out
To enable filtering, set the HtmlEditorField::$sanitise_server_side [configuration](/developer_guides/configuration/configuration) property to
true, e.g.
```
HtmlEditorField::config()->sanitise_server_side = true
```
The built in sanitiser enforces the TinyMCE whitelist rules on the server side, and is sufficient to eliminate the
most common XSS vectors.
However some subtle XSS attacks that exploit HTML parsing bugs need heavier filtering. For greater protection
you can install the [htmlpurifier](https://github.com/silverstripe-labs/silverstripe-htmlpurifier) module which
will replace the built in sanitiser with one that uses the [HTML Purifier](http://htmlpurifier.org/) library.
In both cases, you must ensure that you have not configured TinyMCE to explicitly allow script elements or other
javascript-specific attributes.
### Additional options
For `HTMLText` database fields which aren't edited through `HtmlEditorField`, you also
have the option to explicitly whitelist allowed tags in the field definition, e.g. `"MyField" => "HTMLText('meta','link')"`.
The `SiteTree.ExtraMeta` property uses this to limit allowed input.
##### But I also need my editors to provide javascript
### What if I need to allow script or style tags?
It is not currently possible to allow editors to provide javascript content and yet still protect other users
The default configuration of Silverstripe CMS uses a santiser to enforce TinyMCE whitelist rules on the server side,
and is sufficient to eliminate the most common XSS vectors. Notably, this will remove script and style tags.
If your site requires script or style tags to be added via TinyMCE, Silverstripe CMS can be configured to disable the
server side santisation. You will also need to update the TinyMCE whitelist [settings](/developer_guides/forms/field_types/htmleditorfield/#setting-options) to remove the frontend sanitisation.
However, it's strongly discouraged as it opens up the possibility of malicious code being added to your site through the CMS.
To disable filtering, set the `HtmlEditorField::$sanitise_server_side` [configuration](/developer_guides/configuration/configuration) property to `false`, i.e.
```yml
---
Name: project-htmleditor
After: htmleditor
---
SilverStripe\Forms\HTMLEditor\HTMLEditorField:
sanitise_server_side: false
```
Note it is not currently possible to allow editors to provide javascript content and yet still protect other users
from any malicious code within that javascript.
We recommend configuring [shortcodes](/developer_guides/extending/shortcodes) that can be used by editors in place of using javascript directly.
@ -435,16 +430,6 @@ Some rules of thumb:
* Don't concatenate URLs in a template. It only works in extremely simple cases that usually contain bugs.
* Use *Controller::join_links()* to concatenate URLs. It deals with query strings and other such edge cases.
### Filtering incoming HTML from TinyMCE
In some cases you may be particularly concerned about which HTML elements are addable to Content via the CMS.
By default, although TinyMCE is configured to restrict some dangerous tags (such as `script` tags), this restriction
is not enforced server-side. A malicious user with write access to the CMS might create a specific request to avoid
these restrictions.
To enable server side filtering using the same whitelisting controls as TinyMCE, set the
HtmlEditorField::$sanitise_server_side config property to true.
## Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Silverstripe CMS has built-in countermeasures against [CSRF](http://shiflett.org/articles/cross-site-request-forgeries) identity theft for all form submissions. A form object

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@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class HTMLEditorField extends TextareaField
* @config
* @var bool
*/
private static $sanitise_server_side = false;
private static $sanitise_server_side = true;
/**
* Number of rows