SR-D55508 · Issue 521862
CSRF and Fingerprint token handling added to custom URL generation
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4
An error screen appeared with the message "Server response error, no update data returned" while doing a check out and check in of the offer rule. This was traced to CSRF token validation: in this scenario, a custom URL was being framed and the corresponding request did not have a valid CSRF/ Fingerprint token, which can occur when there are custom AJAX/Non-ajax URLs constructed manually in the non-autogenerated/HTML streams. To address this, handling has been added for CSRF and fingerprint tokens as part of the custom URL generation.
SR-D56409 · Issue 520743
URL Encryption and Obfuscation made compatible with site-minder
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4
Attempting to install a DL using Hfix Manager worked when not going through SSO but failed when using SSO. Investigation showed that this was due to the use of URLEncryption: URLEncryption uses a Pega-supplied base64 to encode the cipher text with MIME type encoding by default, which adds newline character after every 72 characters. This is not compatible with site-minder. which has policies to restrict newline characters in the URL. As a result, none of the encrypted requests were being processed. To resolve this, post-processing logic has been added to remove newline characters from encoded text. This change has also been applied top URLObfuscation.
SR-D62949 · Issue 527502
XSS protection added
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4
The CrossScriptingFilter API has been applied to address a potential XSS issue related to stream rule parameters used in the request header.
SR-D63232 · Issue 524295
Support added for Authentication service rule attributes in embedded pages
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4
SSO login was not working, giving the error "Unable to process the SAML WebSSO request : No value specified for Attribute in SAML assertion". Investigation showed the Authentication service rule could only map attributes that are on the top level page and did not consider embedded page values. To resolve this, tools.getProperty will be used to fetch the property reference value instead of find Page and getString.
SR-D63727 · Issue 531726
Authorization header base 64 format error recategorized as debug logging
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4
Numerous messages were generated indicating that the Authorization Header format was invalid when using the format " : " (Base64 Og==) . As this is the default behavior for a particular class of proxy servers, the error statement has been updated to be logged as a debug statement and will be visible only when that logging is enabled.
SR-D71378 · Issue 533282
Authorization header base 64 format error recategorized as debug logging
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4
Numerous messages were generated indicating that the Authorization Header format was invalid when using the format " : " (Base64 Og==) . As this is the default behavior for a particular class of proxy servers, the error statement has been updated to be logged as a debug statement and will be visible only when that logging is enabled.
SR-D23164 · Issue 493797
Edit icon removed from deprecated custom skin styling
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4
Using custom styles as skin component is a deprecated feature as of Pega Platform v8.2. While existing styles will still be added to the CSS file when upgrading to or beyond this version, adding or updating custom skin styles is now handled through manual CSS files included in the skin. As part of this change, the edit icon for changing custom styles has been removed.
SR-D30944 · Issue 503233
Corrected pagination alignment in tabbed layout sourced from RD
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4
Pagination numbers were not being presented inline with the next/back arrows when using a tabbed table layout with source:report definition. To resolve this, the pyGridPaginator function has been added to Pega-Gadgets in Work- .
SR-D32698 · Issue 502739
Updated optimistic locking save to resolve exception
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4
When using Optimistic Locking, if the same work object was updated in another session in the middle of screenflow, the "save" button threw an exception on the screen and displayed the Review harness. This was traced to a change in the save API related to improved security, and has been corrected.
SR-D40938 · Issue 509686
Free form layout controls will be converted to dynamic layout
Resolved in Pega Version 8.4
After upgrade, a a pzActionDropdown control that was inside a pyActionDropdownSection was not visible anymore. Using the pzActionDropdown control directly worked as expected. Investigation showed that pyActionDropdownSection was using Freeform layout instead of the upgraded Dynamic Layout, and that the custom control was failing to generate the markup whenever drag/copy-paste was used for the control in any layout. To resolve this, the system has been updated so it will remove the control from a free form layout and use dynamic layout instead.