Is there a link to the details of the security concern? I know it's
fixed now but I'm interested if I should always use the Security
Component and what the implication is if I don't.

Tried googling and looking in Trac but I can't seem to find out what
the problem was.


On Jan 16, 10:14 pm, Gwoo <[email protected]> wrote:
> After the release of 1.2 Final, we received a lot of attention. Some
> of this came in the form of a security concern. The issue could affect
> sites relying on the AuthComponent for user authentication, without
> the use of the SecurityComponent. Essentially, an attacker may be able
> to obtain credentials as the first user of the system. If you are
> interested in testing your site, you can use the SQL Inject Me plugin
> for Firefox[1]
>
> Along with several other bugs, this issue was fixed in the recently
> released CakePHP 1.2.1.8004 Stable. We highly recommend that users
> upgrade to this release.
>
> A big thank you for all those who report these issues to us and allow
> us to fix them.
>
> Bake on,
> CakePHP team
>
> [1]https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7597
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