DWR 2.0.5 addresses an XSS vulnerability that is likely to be exploitable in most 2.0.4 installations. If your web application uses DWR’s Ajax implementation, download and install this update now!

As an aside, I’ve been a fan of DWR for a while now, not only because of its ease of integration but also because it was the first Ajax framework to offer built-in CSRF protection. You could tell that Joe Walker was taking security seriously. For this particular vulnerability, I e-mailed him on a Saturday night, and within 12 hours, he had confirmed the problem, patched the code, and built a 2.0.5 release candidate. Granted, it was a tiny code change, but I’ve still never seen a response that fast. Less than a week later, the official 2.0.5 release (which incorporated a couple other fixes) was ready for download.

That’s it for now, but I’ll be referencing this example again when I get around to writing Part 2 of my Minimizing the Attack Surface post.