Possible Security Issue?

[macdad-]

I've wrote a small JS script(Netscape's JS) that displays the contents of a txt file onto a Cell on my Home page that acts as a monthly news column. And I'm wondering if it could be a security issue as far as the script.

The script is a seperate file and is called upon in index.html(the home page).

Here's the script:

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var page="mlmnews.txt";

         function ajax(url,target)
          {
            if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
            {
                req = new XMLHttpRequest();
                req.onreadystatechange = function() {ajaxDone(target);};
                req.open("GET", url, true);
                req.send(null);
           
            }
            else if (window.ActiveXObject)
            {
                req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                  if (req) {
                    req.onreadystatechange = function() {ajaxDone(target);};
                    req.open("GET", url, true);
                    req.send();
                }
            }
            setTimeout("ajax('"+url+"','"+target+"')", 10000);
           
         }
         function ajaxDone(target) {
            if (req.readyState == 4) {
                document.getElementById('B2').innerHTML = req.responseText;     
            }
         }         
                   
    ajax('mlmnews.txt','ajaxlist');
                     

And here's the calling code in index.html:

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<script language="JavaScript" src="update_news.js"></script>
Anything?

[kpac]

I don't see how there could be a security risk. The main way people exploit security is if there is a text field, or textarea etc on the page.

[macdad-]

Thanks Kpac for taking a look at it. 

Just wanted to be sure.

[kenjiemichael]

idea is good!
Im just wondering about the search engine.
Im just hoping that it will not consider it as spam, coz as your script says it will create like a new items on you page.

just my thought.

[kpac]

Im just hoping that it will not consider it as spam, coz as your script says it will create like a new items on you page.

It won't.

[macdad-]

...that displays the contents of a txt file onto a Cell on my Home page that acts as a monthly news column...