CVE-2000-1228
MediumExploitation Probability (EPSS)
High risk84th percentile - higher than 84% of all known CVEs
Summary
Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote attackers to change the administrator password without authentication via an HTTP request to admin.php3 that sets the step, option, confirm, and newPssword variables.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can take control of the forum by changing the administrator password, leading to full application compromise and further abuse.
Recommendation
Update Phorum to a version newer than 3.0.7 or apply a patch; in the meantime, restrict access to admin.php3 and enforce authentication.
Other vulnerabilities in Phorum
See all- CVE-2000-1234Medium
violation.php3 in Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote attackers to send e-mails to arbitrary addresses and possibly use Phorum as a "spam proxy" by setting the Mod and ForumName parameters.
- CVE-2000-1230Medium
Backdoor in auth.php3 in Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote attackers to access restricted web pages via an HTTP request with the PHP_AUTH_USER parameter set to "boogieman".
- CVE-2000-1229Medium
Directory traversal vulnerability in Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote Phorum administrators to read arbitrary files via ".." sequences in the default .langfile name field in the Master Settings administrative function, which causes the file to be displayed in admin.php3.
- CVE-2000-1232Medium
upgrade.php3 in Phorum 3.0.7 could allow remote attackers to modify certain Phorum database tables via an unknown method.
- CVE-2000-1231Medium
code.php3 in Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files in the phorum directory via the query string.
Original NVD description (English source)
Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote attackers to change the administrator password without authentication via an HTTP request for admin.php3 that sets step, option, confirm and newPssword variables.