block channel removal for 48 hours after changing the account password, since the password is required to remove a channel. Somebody looking at an open session on somebody else's computer can simply change the password and then proceed to maliciously remove the channel. This change gives the owner 2 days to discover that something is wrong and recover his/her password and potentially save their channel from getting erased by the vandal. This is most likely to happen if a relationship has gone bad, or something incriminating was found in your private messages when you left your computer briefly unattended.

5 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index d5afbb855..83bf97508 100755
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ define ( 'RED_PLATFORM',            'Red Matrix' );
 define ( 'RED_VERSION',             trim(file_get_contents('version.inc')) . 'R');
 define ( 'ZOT_REVISION',            1     );
 
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1118  );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1119  );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    '<br />' . "\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
diff --git a/install/database.sql b/install/database.sql
index c0440c035..9d0401a44 100644
--- a/install/database.sql
+++ b/install/database.sql
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `account` (
   `account_expire_notified` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
   `account_service_class` char(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `account_level` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
+  `account_password_changed` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
   PRIMARY KEY (`account_id`),
   KEY `account_email` (`account_email`),
   KEY `account_service_class` (`account_service_class`),
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `account` (
   KEY `account_expires` (`account_expires`),
   KEY `account_default_channel` (`account_default_channel`),
   KEY `account_external` (`account_external`),
-  KEY `account_level` (`account_level`)
+  KEY `account_level` (`account_level`),
+  KEY `account_password_changed` (`account_password_changed`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `addon` (
diff --git a/install/update.php b/install/update.php
index 5bc5c9aa3..0818cc888 100644
--- a/install/update.php
+++ b/install/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1118 );
+define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1119 );
 
 /**
  *
@@ -1314,3 +1314,12 @@ DROP INDEX `channel_a_bookmark` , ADD INDEX `channel_w_like` ( `channel_w_like`
 
 }
 
+function update_r1118() {
+	$r = q("ALTER TABLE `account` ADD `account_password_changed` DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
+ADD INDEX ( `account_password_changed` )");
+	if($r)
+		return UPDATE_SUCCESS;
+	return UPDATE_FAILED;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/mod/removeme.php b/mod/removeme.php
index f0b4ae3c0..095570480 100644
--- a/mod/removeme.php
+++ b/mod/removeme.php
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ function removeme_post(&$a) {
 	if(! account_verify_password($account['account_email'],$_POST['qxz_password']))
 		return;
 
+	if($account['account_password_changed'] != '0000-00-00 00:00:00') {
+		$d1 = datetime_convert('UTC','UTC','now - 48 hours');
+		if($account['account_password_changed'] > d1) {
+			notice( t('Channel removals are not allowed within 48 hours of changing the account password.') . EOL);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
 	require_once('include/Contact.php');
 
 	$global_remove = intval($_POST['global']);
diff --git a/mod/settings.php b/mod/settings.php
index e036755fc..6c11fbc9b 100644
--- a/mod/settings.php
+++ b/mod/settings.php
@@ -202,10 +202,11 @@ function settings_post(&$a) {
 			if(! $errs) {
 				$salt = random_string(32);
 				$password_encoded = hash('whirlpool', $salt . $newpass);
-				$r = q("update account set account_salt = '%s', account_password = '%s' 
+				$r = q("update account set account_salt = '%s', account_password = '%s', account_password_changed = '%s' 
 					where account_id = %d limit 1",
 					dbesc($salt),
 					dbesc($password_encoded),
+					dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 					intval(get_account_id())
 				);
 				if($r)