CVE-2008-1484
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-1484 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-03-24 23:44:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | The password reset feature in PunBB 1.2.16 and earlier uses predictable random numbers based on the system time, which allows remote authenticated users to determine the new password via a brute force attack on a seed that is based on the approximate creation time of the targeted account. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2006-5737. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
SingleConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
NoneAvailability
NoneAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.0_alpha | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.0_beta1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.0_beta2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.0_beta3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.0_rc1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.0_rc2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.2.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.2.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.2.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.2.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.2.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.2.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.2.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.2.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.2.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.2.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Punbb | Punbb | 1.2.9 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| PunBB Password Change and Cross-Site Scripting - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| 404 Not Found | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sektioneins.de | |
| PunBB Password Reset Weak Random Number Security Bypass Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Patch |
| PunBB 1.2.17 (Page 1) - PunBB News - PunBB Forums | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | punbb.org | |
| PunBB <= 1.2.16 Blind Password Recovery Exploit | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.exploit-db.com | |
| osvdb.org/45561 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | osvdb.org | |
| punbb.org/download/changelogs/1.2.16_to_1.2.17.txt | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | punbb.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.