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KnowledgeTree "metadata.php" Security Bypass Vulnerability
Release Date: 2010-08-13 Views: 1,670
Secunia Advisory SA40955
Where:
From remote
Impact:
Security Bypass,
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
CVE Reference(s):
No CVE references.
Description
A vulnerability has been reported in KnowledgeTree, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the search2/ajax/metadata.php script, which does not properly checking for authentication before querying the database. This can be exploited to access otherwise restricted information about document types, fieldsets, and fields.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 3.6.1. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 3.6.1 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://wiki.knowledgetree.org/Security_advisory:_Unauthenticated_access_to_Search_AJAX_calls
Deep Links:
Links available to Secunia VIM customers
Do you have additional information related to this advisory?
Please provide information about patches, mitigating factors, new versions, exploits, faulty patches, links, and other relevant data by posting comments to this Advisory. You can also send this information to vuln@secunia.com
Subject: KnowledgeTree "metadata.php" Security Bypass Vulnerability
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