Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been reported in Jax Guestbook, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
Jax Guestbook guestbook.admin.php Security Bypass
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37921
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37921/
DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in Jax Guestbook, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The security issue is caused due to the application allowing
unrestricted access to the admin/guestbook.admin.php script. This can
be exploited to e.g. change the settings.
The security issue is reported in version 3.5.0. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the admin/guestbook.admin.php script (e.g. via
.htaccess).
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Sora
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