PD9 Software MegaBBS Private Message Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:16168

Info

PD9 Software MegaBBS Private Message Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 16168
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 09 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 09 2006 12:00AM
Credit: Hamid Ebadi is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: PD9 Software MegaBBS 2.1
PD9 Software MegaBBS 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PD9 Software MegaBBS Private Message Information Disclosure Vulnerability

MegaBBS is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly verify user-supplied data.

An attacker can exploit this issue to view private messages of other users. Information obtained may aid in further attacks.

Exploit / POC

PD9 Software MegaBBS Private Message Information Disclosure Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

PD9 Software MegaBBS Private Message Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released a patch addressing this issue:


PD9 Software MegaBBS 2.0

PD9 Software MegaBBS 2.1

References

PD9 Software MegaBBS Private Message Information Disclosure Vulnerability

References:

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