Q165347: FP: FrontPage Save Results Forms Altered By Web Browsers
Article: Q165347
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): MACINTOSH:1.0; WINDOWS:1.1
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbusage kbdta
Last Modified: 08-NOV-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
- Microsoft FrontPage for Windows 1.1
- Microsoft FrontPage for the Macintosh, version 1.0
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SYMPTOMS
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If a FrontPage WebBot Save Results Component is set up to save results to a
publicly viewable location, the Web browser may append spurious content to pages
within the web.
CAUSE
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The FrontPage Server Extensions enable you to write HyperText Markup Language
(HTML) code from the Web browser into a form and also allows the Web server to
accurately evaluate the HTML.
RESOLUTION
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To correct this problem, obtain the updated version of the FrontPage Server
Extensions. You can download the updated FrontPage Server Extensions from the
following Microsoft web site:
http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/products
The updated FrontPage Server Extensions will quote all HTML constructions so that
they appear exactly as you typed them rather than being evaluated as HTML.
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft FrontPage Server
Extensions version 2.0.2.1112. This problem was corrected in Microsoft FrontPage
Server Extensions version 2.0.3.209.
MORE INFORMATION
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The revised version of the FrontPage Server Extensions will convert valid
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) into hyperlinks. The updated FrontPage Server
Extensions will not allow HTML tags in any feedback form. Instead, the FrontPage
Server Extensions will convert the HTML tags into the corresponding character
entities that represent the code. For example, the less than sign (<) will be
converted to < and the greater than sign (>) will be converted to
>. This allows you to enter the HTML code into the feedback form. When
you browse the form, the code will appear exactly as you typed it when you
filled out the feedback form.
Any Web site that uses the FrontPage Server Extensions and where the results from
a WebBot Discussion, WebBot Confirmation, or WebBot Save Results component are
saved to a public HTML page, such as a guest book, can be compromised by a
browser with a knowledge of the way FrontPage WebBot components work. For
example, if you are browsing a web site, and you know the file names of the
pages in the Web, you can alter the WebBot Save Results component that appends
content to the known file.
Additional query words: 97
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Keywords : kbusage kbdta
Technology : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbFrontPageSearch kbZNotKeyword8 kbZNotKeyword kbFrontPage1xSearch kbFrontPage97Search kbFrontPageMac kbZNotKeyword3 kbFrontPage110
Version : MACINTOSH:1.0; WINDOWS:1.1
Hardware : MAC x86
Issue type : kbprb
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