Security informations

= Alerts = Last update: --

Some XSS holes have been reported. They are a small risk as they are in page that need to be loggued to be used to execute javascript with a forged url of your Dolibarr. So no fix will be provided until 3.0, available for end of year.

= Features = Dolibarr implements several security features. Among them :

Encryption
 * User passwords can be encrypted in database [*7] [*8].
 * Database technical password can be obfuscated into the Dolibarr configuration file (conf.php) [*8].
 * Possibility to force HTTPS [*9].

Hacks and cracks
 * Works with register_globals on or off (off highly recommended) [*2].
 * Works with PHP safe_mode on or off (on recommended) [*3].
 * Production option to disable any technical information leakage like debug, error stacktrace, version informations (See configuration file) [*6].
 * Protection against SQL injection [*2].
 * Protection against XSS injection (Cross Site Scripting) [*1]. Note that it is better to also protect your web server by disabled Apache option
 * Protection against CSRF (Cross Site Request Forgery) [*5].

Pages and files access
 * Pages and contents are protected by centralized entry code to check permissions (granted on groups or users for each functional module) [*4] [*10].
 * Files saved by Dolibarr are stored in a different root directory than web application (so they can't be downloaded without passing by the Dolibarr wrapper) [*3] [*10].
 * Dolibarr directories content can't be accessed even if Apache option Indexes has be forgotten to on (should not) [*3].

Login protection
 * Delay anti brute force cracking on login page [*7].
 * Option for graphical code (CAPTCHA) against robots on login page [*7].
 * No passwords in logs, even in technical logs [*7].
 * Internal logger to save permanently all Dolibarr events about user's administration and successful or failed logins.

Viruses
 * Possibility to run an external anti-virus on every uploaded files [*3].

(*X) This solution is part of protection used to solve vulnerabilities classified by the OWASP Top Ten at range number X.