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authorandrewnester <andrew.nester.dev@gmail.com>2017-01-09 14:20:57 +0300
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2017-01-27 10:36:19 -0500
commitd2e40dd8c2031cd03700e72d87d455d5e974800c (patch)
treeaf36f29325ccacfc4c18915ed421e603d7a165ec /docs
parent110f4bb6a2600e3b466ee6fa0c938c4bc54ea53f (diff)
Fixed #27678 -- Warned that the template system isn't safe against untrusted authors.
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diff --git a/docs/topics/templates.txt b/docs/topics/templates.txt
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--- a/docs/topics/templates.txt
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@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ For historical reasons, both the generic support for template engines and the
implementation of the Django template language live in the ``django.template``
namespace.
+.. warning::
+
+ The template system isn't safe against untrusted template authors. For
+ example, a site shouldn't allow its users to provide their own templates,
+ since template authors can do things like perform XSS attacks and access
+ properties of template variables that may contain sensitive information.
+
.. _template-engines:
Support for template engines