On 8/22/06, cyberco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Max, I'm not sure I fully understand your reply. Currently I got things
> working by passing the user object to the template and returning its
> attribute values:
>
> ================
> <input type="hidden" name="is_superuser" id="id_is_superuser"
> value="{{user.is_superuser}}" />
> ================
>
> Is this a security hole?

Yes.
Never, ever, trust anything to the client's behavior.

If I knew your site's URL, I could log in as a super user right now.  :)

What's to stop be submitting an HTTP POST w/ a parameter
is_superuser=True?  The browser?  No, it's just bits on the wire.
There is no browser.  ;-)

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