Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : Someone became mod without my permission https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:20:36 +0000 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 09:03:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10666 <![CDATA[Web Wiz Support and Community Forums]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ <![CDATA[Someone became mod without my permission : ok thanks a lot, i&#039;ll do...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/someone-became-mod-without-my-permission_topic10666_post58568.html#58568 Author: mforce
Subject: 10666
Posted: 01 June 2004 at 9:03am

ok thanks a lot,

i'll do what you said..

]]> Tue, 01 Jun 2004 09:03:01 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/someone-became-mod-without-my-permission_topic10666_post58568.html#58568 <![CDATA[Someone became mod without my permission : There are no security bugs...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/someone-became-mod-without-my-permission_topic10666_post58506.html#58506 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 10666
Posted: 31 May 2004 at 12:16pm

There are no security bugs of the nature you are on about.

Really, for security reasons you should only have one admin account, anyone else make a moderator.

One of your admins could have edited the users settings and in runningthe mouse wheel over the drop down list for the group the user is inaccidently placed the user in a moderator group. I've accidently done this before so it can happen.

Either that or it isone of the reasons already given in a previous post.


Edited by -boRg-]]> Mon, 31 May 2004 12:16:08 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/someone-became-mod-without-my-permission_topic10666_post58506.html#58506 <![CDATA[Someone became mod without my permission : dpyers wrote:Sounds like they...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/someone-became-mod-without-my-permission_topic10666_post58499.html#58499 Author: mforce
Subject: 10666
Posted: 31 May 2004 at 10:11am

Originally posted by dpyers dpyers wrote:

Sounds like they either did a little "social engineering" to get the Admin UserID/Password, or they got access to the DB.

i asked all the admins and they say tey didn't do that. The person who became the moderator had registered that day and have no messages, also noone can access the db because db folder cannot be accessed by browser, only i can access it..

I hear that webwiz have some important security bugs, so i wanted to ask that problem to you..

i hope the forum had no security problems..

]]> Mon, 31 May 2004 10:11:10 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/someone-became-mod-without-my-permission_topic10666_post58499.html#58499 <![CDATA[Someone became mod without my permission : Sounds like they either did a...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/someone-became-mod-without-my-permission_topic10666_post58422.html#58422 Author: dpyers
Subject: 10666
Posted: 30 May 2004 at 8:39am

Sounds like they either did a little "social engineering" to get the Admin UserID/Password, or they got access to the DB.]]> Sun, 30 May 2004 08:39:38 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/someone-became-mod-without-my-permission_topic10666_post58422.html#58422 <![CDATA[Someone became mod without my permission : There hasn&#039;t been a bug of...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/someone-became-mod-without-my-permission_topic10666_post58411.html#58411 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 10666
Posted: 30 May 2004 at 7:51am

There hasn't been a bug of this nature in any version of the forum, itsounds like either your groups are setup wrong and a moderator group isset as a ladder group, you have setup forum permissions wrong, or youor another moderator have accidently placed the user into the moderatorgroup.]]> Sun, 30 May 2004 07:51:06 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/someone-became-mod-without-my-permission_topic10666_post58411.html#58411 <![CDATA[Someone became mod without my permission : it may be because of the security...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/someone-became-mod-without-my-permission_topic10666_post58405.html#58405 Author: Semikolon
Subject: 10666
Posted: 30 May 2004 at 6:26am

it may be because of the security bugs in earlier versions, but didn't he just set himself as an administrator?]]> Sun, 30 May 2004 06:26:04 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/someone-became-mod-without-my-permission_topic10666_post58405.html#58405 <![CDATA[Someone became mod without my permission : Although it would be nice to know...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/someone-became-mod-without-my-permission_topic10666_post58387.html#58387 Author: thekiwi
Subject: 10666
Posted: 30 May 2004 at 12:43am

Although it would be nice to know that "yes that is possible" for that version]]> Sun, 30 May 2004 00:43:25 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/someone-became-mod-without-my-permission_topic10666_post58387.html#58387 <![CDATA[Someone became mod without my permission : no one can say for security perposes...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/someone-became-mod-without-my-permission_topic10666_post58382.html#58382 Author: dj air
Subject: 10666
Posted: 29 May 2004 at 4:24pm

no one can say for security perposes for other forums not using thelatest versions, but you should always be using the latest version(ALWAYS).

best thing to do is update to the latest version. -Borg- will see this thread and will be able to determine what to do next.
]]> Sat, 29 May 2004 16:24:19 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/someone-became-mod-without-my-permission_topic10666_post58382.html#58382 <![CDATA[Someone became mod without my permission : I am using webwiz forums 7.7a...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/someone-became-mod-without-my-permission_topic10666_post58380.html#58380 Author: mforce
Subject: 10666
Posted: 29 May 2004 at 3:57pm

I am using webwiz forums 7.7a and i saw a big problem in forum:

someone became a moderator without my permission..

can it be solved if i install webwiz 7.8?

thank you

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