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LightStart
6known security flaws found in LightStart
since April 2013
Safe from 2.6.9
Version 2.6.9 or later fixes all of them. A site on an older version is open to them.
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When they were found.
DangerousMajorMinorAdvisory
What they could let someone do.
What could happen
- Running code
Someone could run their own code on the server and take the site over: add malware, send spam, steal data, or use it to attack others.
How: Part of the software treats something it was sent as instructions to follow, or keeps an uploaded file somewhere it can be run.
Read about it here - Missing checks
Someone could do things only an administrator should: change settings, see private data, or give themselves more rights.
How: Part of the software forgets to check who is asking before it does what was asked.
Read about it here - Forged requests
Someone could get a signed in administrator to change something without knowing, such as adding a new admin or changing settings, just by visiting a page.
How: The software does not check that a change came from its own pages, so another site can quietly send one through the administrator's browser.
Read about it here
Every known flaw, newest first (6)
- January 2024MinorMissing checksFixed in 2.6.9. Needs a login on the site.
- June 2022MinorForged requestsFixed in 2.4.5. No login needed.
- December 2018MajorRunning codeFixed in 2.0.7. Needs a login on the site.
- July 2016MinorMissing checksFixed in 2.0.7. Needs a login on the site.
- July 2016MinorInformation leakFixed in 2.0.7. Needs a login on the site.
- April 2013AdvisoryForged requestsFixed in 1.8.8.
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