PT-2017-7722 · Vanilla · Vanilla Forums

Dawid Golunski · Published 2017-05-23 · Updated 2019-07-11 · CVE-2016-10073

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Vanilla Forums versions prior to 2.3.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to spoof the email domain in sent messages and potentially obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTTP Host header. This can be demonstrated by a password reset request.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.3.1, update to version 2.3.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the password reset functionality until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-10073

Affected Products

Vanilla Forums

References · 7

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/host_header_injection.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/41996 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142486/Vanilla-Forums-2.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploitbox.io/vuln/Vanilla-Forums-Exploit-Host-Header-Injection-CVE-2016-10073-0day.html · Exploit
• https://open.vanillaforums.com/discussion/33498/critical-security-release-vanilla-2-3-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10073 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10073 · Security Note