[SA20580] SubText MultiBlog Admin Logon Security Issue

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TITLE:
SubText MultiBlog Admin Logon Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20580

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20580/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
SubText 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/10440/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in SubText, which can be exploited
by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to a error within the handling of
admin logon in a multiblog setup. This can be exploited by the admin
user of one blog to logon to another blog.

The security issue has been reported in versions prior to 1.5.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.5.1.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=137896

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=423716

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