Security bulletins/2010-002

Released: March 30th, 2010

As part of our regular security audit, the following issue has been identified:

= Synopsis =

By using a specially crafted URL, users with administrative rights could unintendedly grant unauthorized users access to the admin panel.

= State =

Resolved in OXID eShop version 4.3.0.

= Impact =

By using a specially crafted URL, users with administrative rights could unintendedly grant unauthorized users access to the admin panel.

No exploits are known as of today.

= Affected products, releases and platforms =

Products:


 * OXID eShop Professional Edition
 * OXID eShop Enterprise Edition
 * OXID eShop Community Edition

Releases:


 * Professional, Enterprise and Community Edition: 4.0.0.0_13895, 4.0.0.0_13934, 4.0.0.0_14260, 4.0.0.1_14455, 4.0.0.2_14842, 4.0.0.2_14967, 4.0.1.0_15990, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6 and 4.2.0

Platforms:


 * Above releases are affected on all platforms.

Note: Older releases than the ones mentioned might as well be affected. They are considered end of life and will not be supported further.

= Resolution =

The issue has been addressed in the following releases:


 * OXID eShop Professional Edition version 4.3.0
 * OXID eShop Enterprise Edition version 4.3.0
 * OXID eShop Community Edition version 4.3.0

Note: Users of the legacy &lt;= 2.7.0.3 and &lt;= 3.0.4.1 releases will not be provided with a fix. These versions are considered end of life and will not be supported further.

= Credits =

The security issue has been found during one of our regular security audits.

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