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

Tue Jan 15 03:57:19 EST 2008

     [ http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBPORTAL-1841?page=all ]

Thomas Heute updated JBPORTAL-1841:
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    Priority: Major  (was: Critical)

> 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: Feature Request
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: Portal Core
>    Affects Versions: 2.6.3 Final
>            Reporter: Prabhat Jha
>         Assigned To: Thomas Heute
>         Attachments: weather-edit.png
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> 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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