Secunia Security Advisory - Lucas Bartholemy has reported a vulnerability in WebGUI, which can be exploited by malicious users to delete assets.
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TITLE:
WebGUI Asset Deletion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23981
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23981/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Manipulation of data
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
WebGUI 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/13252/
DESCRIPTION:
Lucas Bartholemy has reported a vulnerability in WebGUI, which can be
exploited by malicious users to delete assets.
The vulnerability is caused due to the "www_purgeList()" method not
correctly checking the permissions of a user when deleting an asset.
The vulnerability is reported in all 7.x versions prior to 7.3.8.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 7.3.8.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Lucas Bartholemy.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.plainblack.com/getwebgui/advisories/security-defect-discovered-in-7.x-versions
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=481584
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