The versions listed below are known to be affected by this issue. If you are using one of those versions, you should update to a newer release that has no known vulnerabilities.
Common Name Social Escalation Vulnerability VWE-ID VWE-2011-0148 Related Report #2546 Severity Extreme Exploit Difficulty EASY Platform Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions. Description Permissions escalation. Does not affect Lite versions.
Discovered November 28, 2011 Resolved December 10, 2011 Patches Available 3.0.16
3.0.15 Patch Level 1
3.0.14 Patch Level 1
3.0.13 Patch Level 1
3.0.12 Patch Level 1
3.0.11 Patch Level 2
3.0.10 Patch Level 2
3.0.9 Patch Level 2Workaround Do not set Social Group Mask to the administrator group, moderator group, banned group, or guest group. It is very easy to set to the administrator group accidentally.
Sub-Categories of VWE-2011-0148
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