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authorjoey <joey@0fa5a96a-9a0e-0410-b3b2-a0fd24251071>2006-10-22 21:12:21 +0000
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some notes about the security (or lack thereof) of plugins
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+# Plugins
+
+The security of [[plugins]] depends on how well they're written and what
+external tools they use. The plugins included in ikiwiki are all held to
+the same standards as the rest of ikiwiki, but with that said, here are
+some security notes for them.
+
+* The [[plugins/img]] plugin assumes that imagemagick/perlmagick are secure
+ from malformed image attacks. Imagemagick has had security holes in the
+ past. To be able to exploit such a hole, a user would need to be able to
+ upload images to the wiki.
+
+----
+
# Fixed holes
_(Unless otherwise noted, these were discovered and immediately fixed by the