[pmwiki-users] Vulnerability being exploited

Wade Hudson whudson at igc.org
Fri Jan 5 17:31:23 CST 2007


Can you tell me how to switch to a cgi mailform? Could a novice like 
myself do it?

Chris Cox wrote:

>Wade Hudson wrote:
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>>Apparently I was wrong about "a vulernability is being exploited on the
>>top-level script." Criss, who helped me upgrade to the latest version of
>>PmWiki, tells me:
>>
>>    The way the mailform works, people *can't* get your email address. 
>>    Your email address is in the config file, not anywhere a spammer
>>    could get to it.
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>>Should I update my comments.php or my mailform recipe (they're both old)?
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>
>I used to use a php mailer... switched to a new cgi mailform.. fixed the
>problem for me.
>
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