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[Fixed] ABP $rewrite filter can be exploited to run malicious code

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 4:48 am
by LanikSJ
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/s ... ious-code/

I'll file this under sensationalism for the sake of page views. Let's hope I'm not wrong about that. Adding filters to any list to serve malware is even worse then ads you're trying to avoid in the first place. :evil:

Re: [Fixed] ABP $rewrite filter can be exploited to run malicious code

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 6:45 am
by okiehsch
A filter list maintainer has blocked sites for political reasons in the past, so blindly trusting people you don't know is never a good idea.
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock- ... issues/285

Re: [Fixed] ABP $rewrite filter can be exploited to run malicious code

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 6:49 am
by intense

Re: [Fixed] ABP $rewrite filter can be exploited to run malicious code

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 9:05 am
by intense

Re: [Fixed] ABP $rewrite filter can be exploited to run malicious code

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 10:33 am
by smed79

Re: [Fixed] ABP $rewrite filter can be exploited to run malicious code

Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 1:20 am
by smed79
The $rewrite Adblock Plus filter option now works for internal redirects ONLY :

https://adblockplus.org/blog/vulnerability-fixed
https://adblockplus.org/releases/adbloc ... a-released