PunBB 1.2.1 profile.php denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in PunBB 1.2.1 (Forum Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file profile.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

profile.php in PunBB 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (account lockout) by setting the user s password to NULL.

The bug was discovered 02/24/2005. The weakness was published 05/02/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.info. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0570 since 02/27/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:profile.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17224 (PunBB < 1.2.2 Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19483) and Tenable (17224). Similar entries are available at 24516 and 24514.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 17224
Nessus Name: PunBB < 1.2.2 Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.info
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0570 (🔍)
X-Force: 19483
Vulnerability Center: 7559 - Remote Account Lockout in PunBB 1.2.1 via \x27profile.php\x27, Medium
SecurityFocus: 12652 - PunBB Multiple Remote Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14394 - PunBB Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 14129 - PunBB profile.php script denial of service

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Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 05/31/2019 12:02
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (70), 05/31/2019 12:02 (4)
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