[byteball.org] .htaccess file is available publicly.

in utopian-io •  6 years ago 

Project Detalis

Github Repository: https://github.com/byteball/byteball-web/
Platform: https://byteball.org

Expected Behaviour

The htaccess file is used to stop users from accessing certain files and folders. It should not be available to anyone and should be hidden according to its RFC.

Actual Behaviour

.htaccess file is available to anyone to view.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Visit https://byteball.org/.htaccess in browser and it will be downloaded which can be viewed using any text editor.

or curl https://byteball.org/.htaccess will also work in terminal.

byeball_htaccess.png

Possible Fix

Add this code to .htaccess file

<files .htaccess> order allow,deny deny from all </files>

Github Details

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Hi @neutrinoguy, thanks for the contribution.

I see it has been fixed by the PO, thanks to your notifying him via the issue opened on github. Files in .htaccess should not be served in plain text when requested via url, access should be denied since they are originally meant to be hidden.

Great to know it's been fixed.

My feedback:

  1. Your post title follows the Utopian convention. The steps to reproduce, thd expected and actual behavior were also in line with what is expected in a bug contribution.

Thanks again for this contribution, I look forward to your future bug reports.

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Indeed it would seem so. Great catch!