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WebGUI Collaboration RSS Feed Information Disclosure
Secunia Advisory: SA30782
Release Date: 2008-06-25
Last Update: 2008-08-13
Popularity: 1,408 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

Software:WebGUI 7.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-3503


Description:
A security issue has been reported in WebGUI, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.

The problem is caused due to missing authentication checks when viewing Collaboration System RSS feeds. This can be exploited to disclose sensitive data via the RSS feed of e.g. a restricted Collaboration System.

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 7.5.13 (beta).

Solution:
Fixed in 7.5.13 (beta).

Provided and/or discovered by:
erik.svanberg via a bug report.

Changelog:
2008-08-13: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.webgui.org/bugs/tracker/security-issue---collaboration-rss/
http://www.webgui.org/getwebgui/advisories/webgui-7_5_13-beta-released


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