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TITLE:
Foswiki Topic Settings Privilege Escalation Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42275

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/42275/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=42275

RELEASE DATE:
2010-11-15

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/42275/#comments

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http://secunia.com/advisories/42275/

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DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in Foswiki, which can be exploited
by malicious users to gain escalated privileges.

The security issue is caused due to insufficient access restrictions
in core/lib/Foswiki/UI/Manage.pm module when handling topic
preference settings and can be exploited to gain administrative
privileges by changing the "Main.AdminGroup" topic settings.

The security issue is reported in version 1.1.0 and 1.1.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.1.2.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported to the vendor by a user.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://foswiki.org/Support/SecurityAlertCVE20104215

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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