[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JBPORTAL-1841) URL hacking allows edit mode in weather portlet

[Prabhat Jha (JIRA)]

URL hacking allows edit mode in weather portlet
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                 Key: JBPORTAL-1841
                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBPORTAL-1841
             Project: JBoss Portal
          Issue Type: Bug
      Security Level: Public (Everyone can see)
          Components: Portal Core
    Affects Versions: 2.6.3 Final
            Reporter: Prabhat Jha
         Assigned To: Thomas Heute
            Priority: Critical


If you are not logged in then weather portlet does not show edit icon which is good. But if I hack the URL to http://localhost:8080/portal/auth/portal/default/Weather/WeatherPortletWindow?windowstate=maximized?mode=edit, I am able to get into edit mode and change the zip code.  Is this how it supposed to be? 

Sohil suggests:

"no it shouldn't do that. Either the Edit Mode logic of the Portlet should protect against this (a bit painful design), or Portal's security layer should have the granularity to provide role-based protection of the "Edit Mode" of Portlets as a cross cutting aspect. I like the second option better personally"


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