DA 7.2.0400.0089 in HTTP mode in Windows 10 gives /webtop/Intrusion error, it does not so in Windows

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What causes the following error / what can I do to get this solved? When starting DA in http transfer mode in windows 10 we get the following error:

org.owasp.esapi.errors.ValidationException: HTTP Parameter Value: XSS:__dmfTargetWindowName: Invalid input. Please conform to regex ^[\p{L}\p{N}.-/+=_ !$?@]{0,1000}$ with a maximum length of 4096
at org.owasp.esapi.reference.validation.StringValidationRule.checkWhitelist(StringValidationRule.java:144)
at org.owasp.esapi.reference.validation.StringValidationRule.checkWhitelist(StringValidationRule.java:160)
at org.owasp.esapi.reference.validation.StringValidationRule.getValid(StringValidationRule.java:284)
at org.owasp.esapi.reference.DefaultValidator.getValidInput(DefaultValidator.java:214)
at org.owasp.esapi.reference.DefaultValidator.getValidInput(DefaultValidator.java:185)
at com.documentum.web.security.validators.WDKESAPIValidator.getValidParameterValue(Unknown Source)
at com.documentum.web.form.FormRequest$ModalPopupProperties.(FormRequest.java:974)
at com.documentum.web.form.FormRequest$ModalPopupProperties.(FormRequest.java:947)
at com.documentum.web.form.FormRequest.getModalPopupProperties(FormRequest.java:310)
at com.documentum.web.form.FormRequest.isInModalPopupMode(FormRequest.java:276)
at com.documentum.web.form.FormHistory.createSuccessorSnapshot(Unknown Source)
at com.documentum.web.form.FormProcessor.processBindWithRequestId(Unknown Source)
at com.documentum.web.form.FormProcessor.bindFormHistory(Unknown Source)
at com.documentum.web.form.FormProcessor.processAction(Unknown Source)
at com.documentum.web.form.FormAction.processAction(FormAction.java:107)
at com.documentum.web.env.WDKController.doStartRequest(Unknown Source)
at com.documentum.web.env.WDKController.processRequest(Unknown Source)
at com.documentum.web.env.WDKController.doFilter(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:198)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:493)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:140)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:81)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteIpValve.invoke(RemoteIpValve.java:685)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:650)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:87)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:342)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:800)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:806)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1498)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
2019-05-29 10:51:49,702 WARN [tomcat-http--4] IntrusionDetector - [SECURITY FAILURE Anonymous:null@unknown -> /webtop/IntrusionDetector] Invalid input: context=HTTP Parameter Value: XSS:__dmfTargetWindowName, type(HTTPParameterValue)=^[\p{L}\p{N}.-/+=_ !$
?@]{0,1000}$, input=CT{}
org.owasp.esapi.errors.ValidationException: HTTP Parameter Value: XSS:__dmfTargetWindowName: Invalid input. Please conform to regex ^[\p{L}\p{N}.-/+=_ !$*?@]{0,1000}$ with a maximum length of 4096
at org.owasp.esapi.reference.validation.StringValidationRule.checkWhitelist(StringValidationRule.java:144)
at org.owasp.esapi.reference.validation.StringValidationRule.checkWhitelist(StringValidationRule.java:160)
at org.owasp.esapi.reference.validation.StringValidationRule.getValid(StringValidationRule.java:284)
at org.owasp.esapi.reference.DefaultValidator.getValidInput(DefaultValidator.java:214)
at org.owasp.esapi.reference.DefaultValidator.getValidInput(DefaultValidator.java:185)

Comments

  • @Leendert Your issue appears to be caused by having Cookie Validation enabled in the DA app.xml.

    If you go to DA/wdk/app.xml there should be a param:

    change true to false. Clear app server cache and restart the application. That should clear up the error.

  • Thank you for the answer. However, there is no such cookie_validation parameter defined for DA /. webtop. Instead I assigned the value false to the parameter (validates HTTP parameters), cleared the web cache and restarted. Still same error. with IE in Windows 10. In When using chrome, no problem.