Discuz! Reset Lost Password Security Bypass Vulnerability

BID:32424

Info

Discuz! Reset Lost Password Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 32424
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-6957
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 22 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 16 2015 05:51PM
Credit: 80vul
Vulnerable: Discuz! Discuz! 6.0.1
Discuz! Discuz! 5.0
Discuz! Discuz! 4.0 rc4
Discuz! Discuz! 7.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Discuz! Reset Lost Password Security Bypass Vulnerability

Discuz! is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability caused by a design error when resetting lost passwords.

An attacker may exploit this issue to reset account passwords for arbitrary users and then compromise the vulnerable application. This can also aid the attacker in further attacks.

Exploit / POC

Discuz! Reset Lost Password Security Bypass Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.


The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

Discuz! Reset Lost Password Security Bypass Vulnerability

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

References

Discuz! Reset Lost Password Security Bypass Vulnerability

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