bigpresh / bigpresh/Catalyst-Plugin-CheckFileUploadTypes

Support wildcard types e.g. `image/*`

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Description

It would be very useful to be able to say "any kind of image is fine" with e.g. `image/*` as an allowed type, rather than having to list out every specific image format you want to expect.

For responsibility it should be documented as to be considered carefully, as e.g. `image/*` feels harmless as it's just image formats, but that includes `image/svg+xml` which can carry risks via XML external entity attacks, CSS exfiltration using fonts, scripts etc - so not just "an image"!)

To go along with it, it would probably also be useful to be able to negate MIME types, so you could say "all images, except..." e.g. `image/* !image/svg+xml` or similar so that it's possible to skip particular ones you're worried about without having to go back to listing out every other acceptable type.

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Research direction

No file or test is named in the issue. Start by locating the plugin's existing allowed-MIME-type validation and its tests; done means wildcard and negated MIME types behave as agreed, with security documentation covering SVG and related risks.

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Assessment

Tech stack
perl
Domain
security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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