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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 2
Workaround 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.
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 2
Workaround	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.