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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/contrib/markup.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/security.txt | 8 |
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diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/markup.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/markup.txt index 4ee2f94128..8f3e0a95f9 100644 --- a/docs/ref/contrib/markup.txt +++ b/docs/ref/contrib/markup.txt @@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ When using the ``restructuredtext`` markup filter you can define a override the default writer settings. See the `restructuredtext writer settings`_ for details on what these settings are. +.. warning:: + + reStructured Text has features that allow raw HTML to be included, and that + allow arbitrary files to be included. These can lead to XSS vulnerabilities + and leaking of private information. It is your responsibility to check the + features of this library and configure appropriately to avoid this. See the + `Deploying Docutils Securely + <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/howto/security.html>`_ documentation. + .. _restructuredtext writer settings: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/config.html#html4css1-writer Markdown diff --git a/docs/topics/security.txt b/docs/topics/security.txt index 4b393cd1b8..193d0029a4 100644 --- a/docs/topics/security.txt +++ b/docs/topics/security.txt @@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ escaping. You should also be very careful when storing HTML in the database, especially when that HTML is retrieved and displayed. +Markup library +-------------- + +If you use :mod:`django.contrib.markup`, you need to ensure that the filters are +only used on trusted input, or that you have correctly configured them to ensure +they do not allow raw HTML output. See the documentation of that module for more +information. + Cross site request forgery (CSRF) protection ============================================ |