CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-2243

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in Phorum allows remote attackers to hijack sessions of other users by stealing and replaying the session hash in the phorum_uriauth parameter, as demonstrated using profile.php. The affected version was reported to be 4.3.7, but this may be erroneous.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can hijack an authenticated user's session, gaining unauthorized access to their account and data within the Phorum system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update Phorum to the latest available version and implement session security mechanisms such as random session ID generation and binding sessions to the user's IP address.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Phorum allows remote attackers to hijack sessions of other users by stealing and replaying the session hash in the phorum_uriauth parameter, as demonstrated using profile.php. NOTE: the affected version was reported to be 4.3.7, but this may be erroneous.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS