diff --git a/proxy/config.php b/proxy/config.php
index 1d90e38..73f081a 100644
--- a/proxy/config.php
+++ b/proxy/config.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ $mail_subscription_user_key = NULL;
 // CAREFUL: only enable temporarily on debug systems. Will log all queries to given PUBLIC file
 $debug                      = NULL; //'debug.log';
 
-// Local network interface or IP to be used for the relayed query 
+// Local network interface or IP to be used for the relayed query
 // This is usefull in some VPN configurations (see CURLOPT_INTERFACE)
 $target_interface           = NULL;
 
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ $rest_allowed_actions = array(
       'getsingle' => array(
         'first_name' => 'string',
         'last_name' => 'string',
+        // the following means *all* remaining parameters will be
+        //   added and sanitised as 'string'. Better leave it out
+        //   if you know which parameters you expect
+        '*' => 'string',
       ),
     ),
   ),
diff --git a/proxy/proxy.php b/proxy/proxy.php
index e6bbee9..ba8a0f5 100644
--- a/proxy/proxy.php
+++ b/proxy/proxy.php
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ $civiproxy_logo    = "<img src='{$proxy_base}/static/images/proxy-logo.png' alt=
 /**
  * this will redirect the request to another URL,
  *  i.e. will pass the reply on to this request
- * 
+ *
  * @see losely based on https://code.google.com/p/php-proxy/
  *
- * @param $url     the URL to which the 
+ * @param $url     the URL to which the
  *                               where type can be 'int', 'string' (unchecked),
  */
 function civiproxy_redirect($url_requested, $parameters) {
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ function civiproxy_redirect($url_requested, $parameters) {
   }
 
   //Send the request and store the result in an array
-  $response = curl_exec($curlSession);  
-    
+  $response = curl_exec($curlSession);
+
   // Check that a connection was made
   if (curl_error($curlSession)){
     civiproxy_http_error(curl_error($curlSession), curl_errno($curlSession));
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function civiproxy_redirect($url_requested, $parameters) {
   } else {
     //clean duplicate header that seems to appear on fastcgi with output buffer on some servers!!
     $response = str_replace("HTTP/1.1 100 Continue\r\n\r\n","",$response);
-    
+
     // split header / content
     $content = explode("\r\n\r\n", $response, 2);
     $header = $content[0];
@@ -103,25 +103,25 @@ function civiproxy_mend_URLs(&$string) {
     $string = preg_replace("#$target_rest#", $proxy_base . '/rest.php', $string);
   }
   if ($target_url) {
-    $string = preg_replace("#$target_url#",  $proxy_base . '/url.php', $string); 
+    $string = preg_replace("#$target_url#",  $proxy_base . '/url.php', $string);
   }
   if ($target_open) {
-    $string = preg_replace("#$target_open#", $proxy_base . '/open.php', $string); 
+    $string = preg_replace("#$target_open#", $proxy_base . '/open.php', $string);
   }
   if ($target_mail) {
-    $string = preg_replace("#$target_mail#", $proxy_base . '/mail.php', $string); 
+    $string = preg_replace("#$target_mail#", $proxy_base . '/mail.php', $string);
   }
   if ($target_file) {
-    $string = preg_replace("#$target_file#", $proxy_base . '/file.php?id=', $string); 
+    $string = preg_replace("#$target_file#", $proxy_base . '/file.php?id=', $string);
   }
 }
 
 /**
  * Will check the incoming connection.
- * This hook allowes for (future) checks for flooding, spoofing, 
+ * This hook allowes for (future) checks for flooding, spoofing,
  * unauthorized access quantities, etc.
- * 
- * @param $target  
+ *
+ * @param $target
  * @param $quit    if TRUE, quit immediately if access denied
  *
  * @return TRUE if allowed, FALSE if not (or quits if $quit is set)
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ function civiproxy_security_check($target, $quit=TRUE) {
   // verify that we're SSL encrypted
   if ($_SERVER['HTTPS'] != "on") {
     civiproxy_http_error("This CiviProxy installation requires SSL encryption.", 400);
-  }  
+  }
 
   global $debug;
   if (!empty($debug)) {
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ function civiproxy_security_check($target, $quit=TRUE) {
     fwrite($file, "REQUEST FROM " . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] . " ON " . date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . ' -- ' . print_r($_REQUEST,1));
     fclose($file);
   }
-  
+
   // TODO: implement
   return TRUE;
 }
@@ -146,57 +146,81 @@ function civiproxy_security_check($target, $quit=TRUE) {
 
 /**
  * extract and type check the parameters from the call params
- * 
+ *
  * @param $valid_parameters   array '<parameter name> => '<expected type>'
  *                               where type can be 'int', 'string' (unchecked),
  */
 function civiproxy_get_parameters($valid_parameters) {
   $result = array();
+  $default_sanitation = NULL;
 
   foreach ($valid_parameters as $name => $type) {
+    if ($name == '*') {
+      // this sets default_sanitation
+      $default_sanitation = $type;
+      continue;
+    }
+
     if (isset($_REQUEST[$name])) {
-      $value = $_REQUEST[$name];
-      if ($type=='int') {
-        $value = (int) $value;
-      } elseif ($type == 'string') {
-        // TODO: sanitize? SQL?
-        $value = $value;
-      } elseif ($type == 'float2') {
-        // TODO: check if safe wrt l10n. rather use sprintf
-        $value = number_format($value, 2, '.', '');
-      } elseif ($type == 'hex') {
-        // hex code
-        if (!preg_match("#^[0-9a-f]*$#i", $value)) {
-          error_log("CiviProxy: removed invalid hex parameter: " . $value);
-          $value = '';
-        }
-      } elseif ($type == 'email') {
-        // valid email
-        if (!preg_match("#^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$#i", $value)) {
-          error_log("CiviProxy: removed invalid email parameter: " . $value);
-          $value = '';
-        }
-      } elseif (is_array($type)) {
-        // this is a list of valid options
-        $requested_value = $value;
-        $value = '';
-        foreach ($type as $allowed_value) {
-          if ($requested_value === $allowed_value) {
-            $value = $requested_value;
-            break;
-          }
-        }
-      } else {
-        error_log("CiviProxy: unknown type '$type'. Ignored.");
-        $value = '';
+      $result[$name] = civiproxy_sanitise($_REQUEST[$name], $type);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // process wildcard elements
+  if ($default_sanitation !== NULL) {
+    // i.e. we want the others too
+    $remove_parameters = array('key', 'api_key', 'version', 'entity', 'action');
+    foreach ($_REQUEST as $name => $value) {
+      if (!in_array($name, $remove_parameters) && !isset($valid_parameters[$name])) {
+        $result[$name] = civiproxy_sanitise($value, $default_sanitation);
       }
-      $result[$name] = $value;
     }
   }
 
   return $result;
 }
 
+/**
+ * sanitise the given value with the given sanitiation type
+ */
+function civiproxy_sanitise($value, $type) {
+  if ($type=='int') {
+    $value = (int) $value;
+  } elseif ($type == 'string') {
+    // TODO: sanitize? SQL?
+    $value = $value;
+  } elseif ($type == 'float2') {
+    // TODO: check if safe wrt l10n. rather use sprintf
+    $value = number_format($value, 2, '.', '');
+  } elseif ($type == 'hex') {
+    // hex code
+    if (!preg_match("#^[0-9a-f]*$#i", $value)) {
+      error_log("CiviProxy: removed invalid hex parameter: " . $value);
+      $value = '';
+    }
+  } elseif ($type == 'email') {
+    // valid email
+    if (!preg_match("#^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$#i", $value)) {
+      error_log("CiviProxy: removed invalid email parameter: " . $value);
+      $value = '';
+    }
+  } elseif (is_array($type)) {
+    // this is a list of valid options
+    $requested_value = $value;
+    $value = '';
+    foreach ($type as $allowed_value) {
+      if ($requested_value === $allowed_value) {
+        $value = $requested_value;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    error_log("CiviProxy: unknown type '$type'. Ignored.");
+    $value = '';
+  }
+}
+
+
 /**
  * generates a CiviCRM REST API compliant error
  * and ends processing
@@ -224,7 +248,7 @@ function civicrm_api3($entity, $action, $data) {
   // extract site key
   $site_keys = array_values($sys_key_map);
   if (empty($site_keys)) civiproxy_http_error('No site key set.');
-  
+
   $query = $data;    // array copy(!)
   $query['key']        = $site_keys[0];
   $query['json']       = 1;
@@ -247,7 +271,7 @@ function civicrm_api3($entity, $action, $data) {
   }
 
   $response = curl_exec($curlSession);
-  
+
   if (curl_error($curlSession)){
     civiproxy_http_error(curl_error($curlSession));
   } else {
diff --git a/proxy/rest.php b/proxy/rest.php
index e5b587b..d97efb7 100644
--- a/proxy/rest.php
+++ b/proxy/rest.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if (empty($credentials['api_key'])) {
 // check if the call itself is allowed
 $action = civiproxy_get_parameters(array('entity' => 'string', 'action' => 'string', 'version' => 'int', 'json' => 'int', 'sequential' => 'int'));
 if (!isset($action['version']) || $action['version'] != 3) {
-  civiproxy_rest_error("Invalid entity/action.");
+  civiproxy_rest_error("API 'version' information missing.");
 }
 
 // in release 0.4, allowed entity/actions per IP were introduced. To introduce backward compatibility,