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TITLE:
dotProject Companies Module Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27191

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27191/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
dotProject 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/8083/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in dotProject, which can be
exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to insufficient permission checks
being performed when accessing the Companies module. This can be
exploited to gain access to the restricted module by opening a
specially crafted URL.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
bogdan_avtr

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://docs.dotproject.net/index.php/Closed_Issues_/_Feature_Requests_-_2.1
http://bugs.dotproject.net/view.php?id=1910

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