Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been discovered in the Drupal Forward Module, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
Drupal Forward Module Access Restriction Bypass
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25999
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25999/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Drupal Forward Module 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/14748/
Drupal Forward Module 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/14749/
DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been discovered in the Drupal Forward Module,
which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The Forward module fails to properly check for security restrictions
when retrieving posts. This can be exploited to gain access to
restricted information by manipulating URL arguments.
The security issue has been confirmed in Forward Module version
4.7.x-1.1 and is reported in versions prior to 5.x-1.0. Other
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Drupal 4.7.x:
Edit the source code to ensure that the access restrictions are
maintained.
Drupal 5.x:
Upgrade "Forward" to version 5.x-1.0.
http://drupal.org/node/158025
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Drupal Security Team
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://drupal.org/node/152806
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