Due to security issues with Apache modules it is recommended to leave the following setting enabled: {{{code}}}
How does it work? Suppose the following scenario:
If php
is added to the denied extensions list, a file named foo.php
cannot be uploaded. If rar
(or any other) extension is added to the allowed extensions list, one can upload a file named foo.rar
. The file foo.php.rar
has a rar
extension so in theory, it can also be uploaded.
Under some circumstances Apache can treat the foo.php.rar
file just like any other PHP script and execute it. If CheckDoubleExtension
is enabled, each part of the file name after a dot is checked, not only the last part. In this approach uploading foo.php.rar
would be denied, because php
can be found on the denied extensions list.