Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in dotProject, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
dotProject Companies Module Security Bypass
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27191
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27191/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
dotProject 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/8083/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in dotProject, which can be
exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to insufficient permission checks
being performed when accessing the Companies module. This can be
exploited to gain access to the restricted module by opening a
specially crafted URL.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.1.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.1.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
bogdan_avtr
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://docs.dotproject.net/index.php/Closed_Issues_/_Feature_Requests_-_2.1
http://bugs.dotproject.net/view.php?id=1910
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