---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia is proud to announce the availability of the Secunia Software Inspector. The Secunia Software Inspector is a free service that detects insecure versions of software that you may have installed in your system. When insecure versions are detected, the Secunia Software Inspector also provides thorough guidelines for updating the software to the latest secure version from the vendor. Try it out online: http://secunia.com/software_inspector/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Fishyshoop "is_admin" Parameter Administrator Register Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA23490 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/23490/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: Security Bypass WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: Fishyshoop 0.x http://secunia.com/product/12980/ DESCRIPTION: James Gray has reported a vulnerability in Fishyshoop, which allows malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions. Input passed to the "is_admin" parameter in pages/register/register.php when registering is not properly verified, before it is used to create users. This can be exploited to register as an administrator by setting the "is_admin" parameter to "1". The vulnerability is reported in version 0.930 beta. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: James Gray ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------