CVE-2008-6506

Summary

CVECVE-2008-6506
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-23 16:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in phpBB before 3.0.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and activate de-activated accounts via unknown vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Phpbb Phpbb 1.0 All All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb 2.0 All All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb 2.0.1 All All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb 2.0.2 All All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb 2.0.22 All All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb 2.0.3 All All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb 2.01 All All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb 3.0 All All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb 3.0 rc1 All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb 3.0 rc2 All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb 3.0 rc3 All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb 3.0 rc4 All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb 3.0 rc5 All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb 3.0 rc6 All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb 3.0 rc7 All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb 3.0 rc8 All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb 3.0.1 All All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb 3.0.2 All All All
Application Phpbb Phpbb All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
phpBB Account Re-activation Security Bypass - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
phpBB • View topic - phpBB 3.0.4 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.phpbb.com Vendor Advisory
phpBB • Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.phpbb.com
oss-security - CVE request: phpbb < 3.0.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.osvdb.org/50806 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
phpBB Account Re-Activation Authentication Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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