VWE-2016-3087 Printable Version

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Common Name Eavesdropper Vulnerability
VWE-ID VWE-2016-3087
Related Report None
Severity MINOR
Exploit Difficulty EASY
Platform Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions.
Description Permissions escalation (of view permissions). The vulnerability allows for unauthorized viewing of some user-contributed discussions. Does not affect Lite versions.

Discovered December 17, 2016
Resolved December 21, 2016
Patches Available 4.0.15 Patch Level 3
4.0.14 Patch Level 6
4.0.13 Patch Level 6
4.0.12 Patch Level 7
4.0.11 Patch Level 7
4.0.10 Patch Level 8
4.0.9 Patch Level 8
4.0.8 Patch Level 10
Workaround Physically remove soft-deleted discussions. Update permissions so that users whose discussions would be moderated cannot start new discussions.
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	Eavesdropper Vulnerability
VWE-ID	VWE-2016-3087
Related Report	None
Severity	MINOR
Exploit Difficulty	EASY
Platform	Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions.
Description	Permissions escalation (of view permissions). The vulnerability allows for unauthorized viewing of some user-contributed discussions. Does not affect Lite versions.
Discovered	December 17, 2016
Resolved	December 21, 2016
Patches Available	4.0.15 Patch Level 3 4.0.14 Patch Level 6 4.0.13 Patch Level 6 4.0.12 Patch Level 7 4.0.11 Patch Level 7 4.0.10 Patch Level 8 4.0.9 Patch Level 8 4.0.8 Patch Level 10
Workaround	Physically remove soft-deleted discussions. Update permissions so that users whose discussions would be moderated cannot start new discussions.