Ultimate Bulletin Board Forum Password Bypass Vulnerability

BID:2546

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Ultimate Bulletin Board Forum Password Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2546
Class: Origin Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 05 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 05 2001 12:00AM
Credit: Reported to bugtraq by ultimator303 <[email protected]> on 5 Apr 2001
Vulnerable: Infopop Ultimate Bulletin Board 5.43
Infopop Ultimate Bulletin Board 5.4.7 e
Not Vulnerable: Infopop Ultimate Bulletin Board 6.0.3
Infopop Ultimate Bulletin Board 6.0.2
Infopop Ultimate Bulletin Board 6.0.1
Infopop Ultimate Bulletin Board 6.0

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Ultimate Bulletin Board Forum Password Bypass Vulnerability

A vulnerabilty exists in versions of UBB (Ultimate Bulletin Board) from infopop.com.

By modifying URLs submitted to the script, a remote attacker can bypass forum membership restrictions and password requirements, to read arbitrary messages in any forum, regardless of the attacker's assigned privileges.

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