TITLE:
phpCOIN E-Mail Address Disclosure of Arbitrary Messages
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20088
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20088/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
phpCOIN 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4722/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in phpCOIN, which can be exploited
by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to the application not checking if an
e-mail address is already in use before allowing a user to add or
change an e-mail address. This can be exploited to access and
disclose the content of arbitrary messages.
SOLUTION:
Apply code changes as described by the vendor:
http://forums.phpcoin.com//index.php?showtopic=5941
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits captainpovey.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://forums.phpcoin.com//index.php?showtopic=5941
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