my ($query) = new CGI;
-my ($doc) = ($query->param('doc') =~ /^\s*(.*?\.txt)\s*$/);
-$doc = "../documentation/".$doc;
+
+# Note filenames may only have one dot in them, in the ".txt".
+# This prevents malicious users using "../" to view files.
+my ($doc) = ($query->param('doc') =~ /^\s*([^\.]*?\.txt)\s*$/);
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
+unless (defined $doc) {
+ print "The link to this page was broken - it must specify a .txt file.";
+ exit;
+}
+
+# Prevent hackers from supplying a malformed document string.
+# I.e. only allow normal characters, slashes and dots.
+unless ($doc =~ /^[a-zA-Z_\-0-9\.\/]+$/) {
+ print "Go Away, you nasty hax0r!";
+ exit;
+}
+$doc = "../documentation/".$doc;
+
print <<"END";
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