TITLE:
NewsBruiser Comment System Security Bypass Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14262

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14262/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
NewsBruiser 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/4654/

DESCRIPTION:
Jarno has reported a vulnerability in NewsBruiser, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the comment system and
can be exploited to delete or approve comments.

Successful exploitation requires that comments is enabled for
weblogs.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.6.1.
http://newsbruiser.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Jarno

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