Medium severity

Insecure Direct Object Reference in tuenti.com allow any message read

Insecure direct reference to objects on Tuenti.com that allows reading any blog entry, including private messages.

Original release date
August 2010
Discovered by
Vicente Aguilera Díaz
Severity
4 / 10 CVSS v2.0
Affected product
Tuenti.com social network

Antecedentes

Tuenti.com is a private social platform accessible only by invitation, used by millions of people every day to communicate and share information.

Description

An insecure direct object reference has been detected on Tuenti.com that allows reading any blog post from any user and, consequently, accessing private messages. The blog_entry_id parameter directly references a blog post, so by changing its value, a user can access arbitrary posts.

Business impact

An attacker can read arbitrary blog posts from any Tuenti.com user, which may provide access to private or sensitive information.

Affected systems

Tuenti.com social network.

Solución

Tuenti has already fixed the problem.

Calendario de divulgación

21 Aug 2010 Vulnerability discovered by Internet Security Auditors.
31 Aug 2010 First contact with Tuenti. No response.
2 Sep 2010 Second contact via another social network. The security team responds.
3 Sep 2010 Sending the advisory to the security team.
Sep 8, 2010 Tuenti confirms that it identified the problem through the researcher's tests and fixed it.
21 Sep 2010 Sending the advisory to the public lists.

References

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