PT-2002-1913 · Woltlab · Woltlab Burning Board

Published 2002-08-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-0903

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: WoltLab Burning Board (wbboard) version 1.1.1

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to hijack new user accounts via a brute force attack on the new user ID and the code value. This is possible because the register.php file uses a small number of random values for the code parameter provided to action.php to approve a new registration, along with predictable new user ID's.

Recommendations: For WoltLab Burning Board (wbboard) version 1.1.1, consider implementing a more secure method for generating and verifying the code parameter, such as using a sufficient number of random values and making the new user ID's less predictable, until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the action.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0903

Affected Products

Woltlab Burning Board

References · 5

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/4859 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0903 · Security Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/9177.php · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-0903 · Note
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274269 · Note