MyPHP Forum Privmsg.PHP Username Spoofing Vulnerability

BID:13430

Info

MyPHP Forum Privmsg.PHP Username Spoofing Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13430
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2005-1404
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 28 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 02:06PM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to Terencentanio Enache.
Vulnerable: MyPHP Forum MyPHP Forum 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

MyPHP Forum Privmsg.PHP Username Spoofing Vulnerability

MyPHP Forum is prone to a username spoofing vulnerability. The issue exists due to a design error, where a user may arbitrarily specify their username as a value for a URI parameter while submitting a message to the forum.

An attacker may exploit this issue to spoof forum messages from other, potentially trusted, users.

Exploit / POC

MyPHP Forum Privmsg.PHP Username Spoofing Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

MyPHP Forum Privmsg.PHP Username Spoofing Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

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MyPHP Forum Privmsg.PHP Username Spoofing Vulnerability

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