Tag Archives: firebug
Interesting JSON vulnerability (old stuff)
Somebody at work passed this article about an interesting vulnerability in web APIs that use JSON. The exploit combines Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) with a JSON Array hack allowing an evil site to grab sensitive user data from an unsuspecting user. The hack involves redefining the Array constructor, which is totally legal in Javascript. http://haacked.com/archive/2008/11/20/anatomy-of-a-subtle-json-vulnerability.aspx [...]
Debugging cookies with Firebug 1.5/1.6
I’ve been using Firebug 1.5 since it was an alpha and now I’m using Firebug 1.6 alpha with Firefox 3.6. I’ve been also using Firecookie for a very long time now, but never realized about this: you can put breakpoints on cookies to detect changes! Good to know :)
Firefox 3.6RC2 & Firebug 1.6a
I love Firefox for web development. I have tried other browsers but nothing compares to the power of Firebug. For everything else I used to use Safari 4, but now I switched to Chrome. It is sooo fast. Either way, don’t miss Firefox 3.6RC2 with Firebug 1.6a! http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6rc2/releasenotes/ http://getfirebug.com/releases/firebug/1.6X/
Highlighting elements with Firebug console
Today I had an issue with an element was breaking a page layout, making the page width wider than 960px. I tried to find it with Firebug, looking at the layout properties of some divs and elements, but I couldn’t find it. I knew it had to be there, so I decided to highlight all [...]
Injecting javascript with Firebug
Sometimes you may want to include a Javascript file on a live web page to see how things will work or to try new things. Usually you would do this by editing the source code including the new file but there is a fastest way if you have Firefox with Firebug. Just run the following [...]
