Security Flaw In User Note Submission Form

From: Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:04:48 +0000
Subject: Security Flaw In User Note Submission Form
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Good evening, all; As some of you may have noticed, earlier today there were about a dozen emails on seemingly-random pages, all of which stated simply "I love PHP! I love the [function]() function!" by Anonymous. That was me. While looking through parts of the website, I also audited the user note submission form and found a hole that allows wide-spread SPAM. In fact, with a simple script, the user notes could be slammed with thousands of SPAM messages per day. I don't want to get into the specifics of it on the list or in a public bug report, of course, because that's just inviting trouble. If you send me an email privately, I'll send you the link to the source of the script I used and an explanation of the vulnerability. In any case, we should update the form ASAP before it becomes a real problem. Is there a closed-to-the-public list for discussing site and system issues among members of the group that we don't want publicized? Speaking in riddles feels rather ridiculous. ;-P -- </Daniel P. Brown> Better prices on dedicated servers: Intel 2.4GHz/60GB/512MB/2TB $49.99/mo. Intel 3.06GHz/80GB/1GB/2TB $59.99/mo. Dedicated servers, VPS, and hosting from $2.50/mo.

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