How to fix security vulnerabilities in WebHelp output

If you publish WebHelp output for your project, the published content is vulnerable to certain hacks by malicious users.

It was found that a hacker can do any of the following from the published output:

Execute malicious code by entering the code in the browser URL of the published output
Store malicious URLs in the cookies and redirect users to another URL

To resolve these issues, perform the following steps:

Go to the RoboHelp install location:

<Drive>:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe RoboHelp 2015\RoboHTML

Within the install location, take a backup of the WebHelp5Ext folder and ehlpdhtm.js file.

Download and extract the contents from the following ZIP files.

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Ottieni file

Download WebHelp5Ext folder

Ottieni file

Download ehlpdhtm.js file

The WebHelp5Ext.zip file contains the updated version of the WebHelp5Ext folder
The ehlpdhtm.zip contains the updated version of the ehlpdhtm.js file

Copy and paste the newly extracted WebHelp5Ext folder and ehlpdhtm.js file into the RoboHelp install location.

When you are prompted, click Yes to merge and overwrite the existing files.

Regenerate the WebHelp output.

How to fix security vulnerabilities in WebHelp output | RoboHelp (2015 release)