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TITLE:
Fishyshoop "is_admin" Parameter Administrator Register Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23490

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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Fishyshoop 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/12980/

DESCRIPTION:
James Gray has reported a vulnerability in Fishyshoop, which allows
malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

Input passed to the "is_admin" parameter in
pages/register/register.php when registering is not properly
verified, before it is used to create users. This can be exploited to
register as an administrator by setting the "is_admin" parameter to
"1".

The vulnerability is reported in version 0.930 beta. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
James Gray

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