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[Solved] MAJOR BUG - Subscribe to all topics includes restricted forums

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[#23357]

I just discovered a major security breach with WpForo, unless somehow I have my settings incorrect, but I don't think so.

When a regular subscriber clicks on the "Subscribe to all new topics" button in their profile, even though they cannot see restricted topics in the list, they are still subscribed to them!

I noticed this when I was creating a test post in an Admin only forum and when I went to check the mail log through Mailgun, wpForo sent out a notification email to all users that included the topic subject and the body of the test email.

I confirmed this by logging in as a regular user and checking subscribe all, and then checking that person's subscriptions with an admin account, and sure enough all the forums were subscribed to, including private restricted ones. 

Am I missing a setting? I don't know how long it's been doing this, but it's a major breach if my settings are correct. I am still on wpForo 1.9.9.2.

PLEASE HELP!!!

wpForo Version
1.9.9.2
WordPress Version
6.0.1

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Hi,

I can't speak for 100% sure for 1.9.x about this but in 2.0.6 what you mention doesn't exist. I tested it.

And i strongly believe it also doesn't exist in 1.9.x but i can't test.

Because in my forum, i have 12 private forums for a specific groups and i haven't seen or heard of a such an issue. If it existed, i would surely know about it after so many years with wpForo (5 years).


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Perhaps this is an issue that has arisen over the last update or two, but here are screenshots to confirm it happened.

 

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