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tekvaio

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I came across a security issue that will allow non admin users, or should I say anybody be able to access the editable pages only by knowing the url. I noticed this with Static pages and have yet to try any other "direct" links. Is there a away to secure this? Is more information necessary, and if so what will you need to know to supply this information.

thanks
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Dirk

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Please see Focus on Security on how we handle security issues (also linked from the "Resources" block on the left side, btw).

Thanks.

bye, Dirk
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Dirk

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For the record: We haven't heard back from this gentleman.

The "edit" URLs are no secret and Geeklog's security model is not "security by obscurity". Unless someone found a novel way to bypass Geeklog's permission checks, I don't see how "anybody" would be able to edit static pages.

bye, Dirk
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