Vanilla Forums up to 2.3.0 Password Reset class.email.php from HTTP Host Header information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Vanilla Forums up to 2.3.0. This affects the function from of the file library/core/class.email.php of the component Password Reset. Such manipulation as part of HTTP Host Header leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-10073. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Vanilla Forums up to 2.3.0 (Forum Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function from of the file library/core/class.email.php of the component Password Reset. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Host Header leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The from method in library/core/class.email.php in Vanilla Forums before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to spoof the email domain in sent messages and potentially obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTTP Host header, as demonstrated by a password reset request.

The bug was discovered 05/11/2017. The weakness was disclosed 05/23/2017 as EDB-ID 41996 as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-10073 since 12/27/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 12 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:library/core/class.email.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 104659 (Vanilla Forums Header Injection Remote Code Execution), 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 to version 2.3.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (41996) and Tenable (104659). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 104659
Nessus Name: Vanilla Forums Header Injection Remote Code Execution
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MetaSploit ID: host_header_injection.rb
MetaSploit Name: HTTP Host Header Injection Detection
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Forums 2.3.1

Timelineinfo

12/27/2016 🔍
05/11/2017 +135 days 🔍
05/23/2017 +12 days 🔍
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11/17/2017 +178 days 🔍
01/27/2025 +2628 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: EDB-ID 41996
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-10073 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-10073
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101642
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-10073 - Vanillaforums - Vanilla Forums - Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 05/23/2017 12:42
Updated: 01/27/2025 04:45
Changes: 05/23/2017 12:42 (76), 10/02/2020 09:08 (5), 01/27/2025 04:45 (19)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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