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Bypassing access restrictions

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Category: Web Wiz Web App Support Forums
Forum Name: Web Wiz Forums
Forum Description: Support forum for Web Wiz Forums application.
URL: https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=22085
Printed Date: 08 April 2026 at 1:44pm
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.08 - https://www.webwizforums.com

Topic: Bypassing access restrictions

Posted By: Brandt
Subject: Bypassing access restrictions
Date Posted: 01 December 2006 at 9:48am

I've a WWF installation with several forums, some publicly accessible and some only accessible for members, ie persons who have logged in. This works fine if you go (so to speak) to the front door: when you�re not logged in, only the public forums show. However, if you click on the �active topic� link, you also get to see topics in non-public forums, and you can even click on them and read the whole message! Also the RSS feed shows all topics to everyone. This seems to me that the backdoor is wide open! Have I set-up WWF incorrectly, or is this maybe something that has to be amended in the software?

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Posted By: Brandt
Date Posted: 01 December 2006 at 9:35pm

Sorry, my fault. The forums whose topics appeared visible to the outside world were not properly configured (Guest had read access rights). That they were not visible in the forum index was due to the fact that they were sub-forums of a forum that was properly configured and hence did not show.