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TITLE:
phpSlash "author_id" User Profile Manipulation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15936

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15936/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
phpSlash 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/5343/

DESCRIPTION:
crashfr has reported a vulnerability in phpSlash, which can be
exploited by malicious people to manipulate settings for other
users.

Input passed to the "author_id" parameter isn't properly verified
before being used in the "saveProfile()" function. This can be
exploited to modify profiles for arbitrary users.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.7.1, 0.7.2 and
0.8.0. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.8.1.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10566

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
crashfr

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