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Solstice-1440
/ Solstice::Button
Security Advisories (1)
CVE-2026-5085 (2026-04-13)

Solstice::Session versions through 1440 for Perl generates session ids insecurely. The _generateSessionID method returns an MD5 digest seeded by the epoch time, a random hash reference, a call to the built-in rand() function and the process id. The same method is used in the _generateID method in Solstice::Subsession, which is part of the same distribution. The epoch time may be guessed, if it is not leaked in the HTTP Date header. Stringified hash refences will contain predictable content. The built-in rand() function is seeded by 16-bits and is unsuitable for security purposes. The process id comes from a small set of numbers. Predictable session ids could allow an attacker to gain access to systems.

NAME

Solstice::Button - A model to hold the data for a Solstice button.

SYNOPSIS

use Solstice::ButtonService;
use Solstice::Button;

my $button = $button_service->makeButton(...);

#The public methods in Button are for converting the Button data into an HTML 
string...
my $html = $button->getButton();
$html = $button->getTextLink();
$html = $button->getImageLink();
$html = $button->getImageTextLink();
$html = $button->getDropDown();
$html = $button->getPseudoButton();

DESCRIPTION

The Button object is designed to be a flexible way of allowing a user to engage with the solstice framework, without the programmer needing to make sure that what they do is compatable with state processing. It was originally designed to make buttons, hence the name, but quickly grew into a tool to manage any sort of user submission to the system.

Superclass

Solstice::View

Export

No symbols exported.

Methods

new()

Constructor, sets the default button template.

getHTML()

Legacy method, use getButton() instead.

getButton()
getTextLink()
getImageLink()

Returns HTML for an image link.

getImageTextLink()

Return HTML for a combination image/text link.

getPseudoButton()

Returns HTML for a "clickable" block element.

getDropDown()

Returns HTML for a dropdown that will submit on select.

getNoscriptButton()
getNoscriptImage()
setIsIllegal()

Used by Session code - if this button is used in an expired session this is called in order to render it null and void to any controller code that might run

addAttribute(key, value)

Takes a key, value and store it into the buttons attribute hash

removeAttribute(key)

Deletes the value by the specified key

Private Methods

_generateLabel()
_generateTitle()
_generateScriptLabel()
_generateHandler()
_generateScriptTitle()
_generateTooltip()
_generateInlineScript()
_getAccessorDefinition()

Modules Used

Solstice::Model, StringLibrary.

AUTHOR

Catalyst Group, <catalyst@u.washington.edu>

VERSION

$Revision: 3370 $

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1998-2007 Office of Learning Technologies, University of Washington

Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl1.php

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.