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Tags for forums the user doesnt have access to can be seen #6

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veganista opened this issue Mar 24, 2011 · 1 comment
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Tags for forums the user doesnt have access to can be seen #6

veganista opened this issue Mar 24, 2011 · 1 comment
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Hello. I found a security issue today with your phpBB3 Topic Tagging mod. If you tag a topic in a restricted forum (i.e. only visible to registered users), the tag will be seen by anonymous users. Clicking on the tag will reveal the topic which they should never have access to.

Steps to repro:
1: Create a new topic in a forum which is only visible to registered users.
2: Tag the topic with the word "Secret"
3: Log out
4: Notice that "secret" is now seen in the tag cloud, even for anonymous users.
5: As an anonymous user, click the "secret" tag in the tag cloud

Results:
Anonymous user can now see the topic that was tagged. They can see the forum name, the poster, etc.

Expected Results:
Anonymous user should not see tags for topics they cannot access. Anonymous users should not be allowed to bypass security and see topics they don't have access to just by viewing the tag cloud.

@ghost ghost assigned veganista May 5, 2011
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Issue has been fixed

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