On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 08:42:22AM -0300, Christian Dechery wrote:
> I have pages that uses session for security that looks something like this:
>
> <?php
> session_start();
>
> if( !isset($uid) )
> {
> include("include/auth.inc.php");
> auth_user();
> }
>
> more code...
> ?>
>
> so $uid tells me if the user is logged on or not...
>
> but what if somebody calls the script directly from the address bar like
> this: http://server/script.php?uid=10
>
> wouldn't this be a security problem?
Christian,
This can indeed be a security issue. Try using
$HTTP_SESSION_VARS{"uid"} instead. It's a saver solution. Then one
cannot just use ?uid=10 in order to fool you. At least, not in that
way.
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