PT-2008-6434 · Lovecms · The Simple Forum

Condemned · Published 2008-12-02 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-5308

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 The Simple Forum version 3.1d for LoveCMS version 1.6.2 Final

Description The issue allows remote attackers to change the administrator password by making a direct request to the "modules/simpleforum/admin/index.php" API endpoint. This is due to the module not properly restricting access to administrator functions.

Recommendations For The Simple Forum version 3.1d, restrict access to the "modules/simpleforum/admin/index.php" endpoint to prevent unauthorized password changes. Consider temporarily disabling the administrator functions in the Simple Forum module until a proper fix is available.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5308

Affected Products

The Simple Forum

References · 8

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/32435 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/7191 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32758 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5308 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3243 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/50067 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46793 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4676 · Note