[CentOS] [OT] Apache oddity - appending garbage request does not result in a 404

Tue Jul 19 20:47:47 UTC 2011
John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>

On 07/19/11 1:28 PM, Ray Leventhal wrote:
> Example:http://www.domain.com/pagedoesnotexist  returns the expected 404
>
> But browse to a page that does exist, like goodpage.php, then append
> either a slash and some random string, or a ?=somerandomstring and the
> goodpage.php is still displayed.
>
> I'll gladly provide more info, if needed.  Any pointers on where to look
> would be truly appreciated.

your php page should examine the arguments and if there's anythign there 
unexpected, it should force the 404 via

     {
         header ('Location: '.$newReq);
         header ('HTTP/1.0 404 Page Not Found');
         die;  // Don't send any more output.
     }

or whatever...


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