CVE-2002-0226
retrieve_password.pl in DCForum 6.x and 2000 generates predictable new passwords based on a sessionID, which allows remote attackers to request a new password on behalf of another user and use the sessionID to calculate the new password for that user.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
retrieve_password.pl in DCForum 6.x and 2000 generates predictable new passwords based on a sessionID, which allows remote attackers to request a new password on behalf of another user and use the sessionID to calculate the new password for that user.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.75% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- dcscripts/dcforum
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101258311519504&w=2
- http://www.dcscripts.com/bugtrac/DCForumID7/3.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8044.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/2038
- http://www.osvdb.org/3866
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4014Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101258311519504&w=2
- http://www.dcscripts.com/bugtrac/DCForumID7/3.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8044.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/2038
- http://www.osvdb.org/3866
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4014Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.