FormEncode "chained_validators" Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA31081
Release Date: 2008-07-18
Popularity: 1,726 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:FormEncode 1.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in FormEncode, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to the application not calling the "chained_validators" validator class, which can be exploited to bypass the intended filtering steps.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.0. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 1.0.1.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Petter Urkedal

Original Advisory:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index....64&group_id=91231&atid=596416

http://www.formencode.org/news.html#id1


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