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libertate
01-27-2006, 05:21 PM
A severe problem with the way browser's (both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox are effected) translate the soft-hyphen (alt + 0173) character has been brought to light which malicious users could utilise alongside a multitude of injection methods as a way to gain un-authorised access and or to spoof content on websites.
Anyone follow up on this vulnerability (http://www.whitedust.net/forum/index.php?topic=28.0) ?