Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Major Kijiji.com security gap already?

Just hours after launching its new look, a big security hole has been discovered at US ad site Kijiji.com.

A twitter user tweeted his Kijiji ad for a home for sale. But what he tweeted was not the ad -- it was the ad preview. A user was able to click the tweet, get into the ad, change it, and finally post it for public viewing.

And here's what came out:



How could this happen?

The new Kijiji.com footer has a big "SHARE" button in the bottom right-hand corner that can be accessed *while* posting an ad. So the poster, in this case, obviously SHARED the preview page. There's no security at that point, other than a CAPTCHA, to prevent whoever goes to that page from editing the ad and posting it.

Score a "day one suck" for Kijiji.com.

PS: The ad poster has been notified via Twitter that his/her ad needs attention.

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