Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported 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 Security Bypass
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34282
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34282/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Drupal Forward Module, which
can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error related to
the Drupal flood control API, which can be exploited to send
unlimited spam mails.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 5.x-1.19.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 5.x-1.19.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Helmut Debes, Dylan Wilder-Tack, and Owen Barton.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://drupal.org/node/398564
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