The new Updates have a serious security issue your forum may be at risk ?

by netsniper on November 1st 2009, 4:05 am

First topic message reminder :

Help I need someone to do something for me very soon, since the updates on of members being able to automatically added to groups I have have a problem it first started with a member who had 1 post automatically being added to a group that requires 99 posts, so I removed them no problem but then I found that after about 3 mins that same member had been added to the admin, along with an anonymous please help me something if wrong with the updates

Thank you Hello

by netsniper on November 1st 2009, 7:12 am

Also can I say that although the members are being added to the groups as they achieve the post level automatically , they are still in the previous groups which means that we have to remove them individually? so this is not fully automatic.

Thank you Sanket for all your help, but it is still worrying when we have anonymous members that don't exist? maybe its a Halloween thing ? lol but its not funny from a security point

Thank you Hello

by shotta on November 1st 2009, 7:14 am

netsniper wrote:HElp I need someone to do something for me very soon, since the updates on of members being able to automatically added to groups I have have a problem it first started with a member who had 1 post automatically being added to a group that requires 99 posts, so I removed them no problem but then I found that after about 3 mins that same member had been added to the admin, along with an anonymous please help me something if wrong with the updates

Thank you

that's same problem i had that auto group thing i hate it so i trun it off cos i find that wrong members was being addin to groups an not even had enough post for that group then i had same problem like u my co-admin was remove from admin group and place in some other group then a member was auto add to the admin group lot crap going on it's good thing i keep a eye on all this any way i think best way to set up that auto thing is when a members reach so much post then they can see a forum not to be added to no group if a admin want to place a special member in a group then he should have that right to do so but members she set up to make so much post to then see that forum sample...bless

by netsniper on November 1st 2009, 11:44 am

We will have to wait to see what Typlo has to say about it ?

Thank you Hello

by netsniper on November 1st 2009, 6:09 pm

Sanket just to let you know that you became a Senior member, and when I deleted your test posts you became Admin, ie you went to the senior group with 2 posts, and then you went to Admin with no posts, I have since removed you from both, but this is now very worrying? as the security of my forum is now at risk ? not from you but any other member that gets put into Admin ? automatically .

Thank you Hello

by **Typlo** on November 2nd 2009, 4:00 am

Hello,

I've listed your issues for the techs, and they'll be checking them out quickly.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

by netsniper on November 2nd 2009, 4:07 am

Thank you Typlo it is a great worry to me

Thank you Hello

by netsniper on November 3rd 2009, 6:15 am

Hiya Guys do we have any answers yet to this problem ?

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by dotDavid on November 3rd 2009, 7:50 am

Hi,

There are quite a few things that are on the techies mind (check out the In need of a Tech), so it may seem like a while (Quote from Darren that the average waiting time is 4 months).

by netsniper on November 3rd 2009, 7:59 am

4 Months to sort out a serious security issue Evil or Very Mad

by **Typlo** on November 3rd 2009, 8:12 am

A fix has been made this morning, please send me any feedback if you still have an issue. Wink

It might be necessary to re-create the groups that were causing the issue, so it's clean and fresh!

by netsniper on November 3rd 2009, 8:32 am

Thank you very much Typlo I will get back to you with any problems

YOU ARE THE MAN

by **Sanket** on November 5th 2009, 8:30 am

So this has sorted the issue?

by netsniper on November 5th 2009, 8:32 am

Well I'm not too sure yet as you can see Typlo has asked for me to get back if the problem hasn't been resolved so if its ok with you Sanket could we leave it another couple of days just to be sure rather than start a new thread if its not cured ?

Thank you Hello

by netsniper on November 7th 2009, 12:07 pm

Hiya I have now had time to see how things are since the Tech repair? and to day I removed a member from a group and he was automatically added to a group that requires 2500 posts but he only had 137 posts? so it seems that something is still wrong ? also when a member is auto added to a group they still remain in the previous group? so this is not completely automatic? it should really remove them from the old group as they are upgraded automatically .

Than you Hello

by **Sanket** on November 7th 2009, 3:19 pm

I don't think so. Maybe the higher posts, get access to special forums. They should be having access to older forum as well.

Correct me if i am wrong.

by netsniper on November 7th 2009, 3:27 pm

I hear what you say but the only way a member should be able to get into a group that requires 2500 posts is to have 2500 posts not 137, when I removed this member they should have gone down not up? don't you think ?

Thank you Hello

by **Sanket** on November 7th 2009, 3:28 pm

I am unsure on that part, i was talking about the other issue.

by netsniper on November 7th 2009, 3:31 pm

Oh I see you mean about going into the lower groups ?

Thank you Hello

by **Sanket** on November 7th 2009, 3:34 pm

also when a member is auto added to a group they still remain in the previous group? so this is not completely automatic? it should really remove them from the old group as they are upgraded automatically .

I was talking about this.

by netsniper on November 7th 2009, 3:41 pm

Hi Sanket
I see what you mean now and I understand what you are saying but somehow I still need to get the situation resolved with members going up in groups without the need for the correct amount of posts. This is the only time that this has happened since Typlo has got the techs to sort the problem but having said that, this is the first time I have had to move a member out of a group and when I did I found it had automatically put them in the Mega User group which requires 2500 posts.

Thank you Hello

by **Sanket** on November 8th 2009, 12:20 am

Hmm, maybe was a temporary glitch !

by netsniper on November 8th 2009, 4:41 am

I will see if anymore problems happen ?

Thank you Sanket Hello

by netsniper on November 8th 2009, 5:15 am

Ok thanks I have added you as per your request

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by DarkPoint on November 8th 2009, 6:53 am

netsniper wrote:Ok thanks I have added you as per your request

Thank you

edit your first post and put the SOLVED icon

by netsniper on November 8th 2009, 6:58 am

DarkPoint wrote:
netsniper wrote:Ok thanks I have added you as per your request

Thank you

edit your first post and put the SOLVED icon

And why would I do that ? since this matter is still not resolved and Sanket has been allowed into my forum to have a look and try and sort out the problem ? can you explain to me what you mean ?

Thank you