Matt Wright WWWBoard 2.0 Alpha 2 Message privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Matt Wright WWWBoard 2.0 Alpha 2. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Message Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-0930. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Matt Wright WWWBoard 2.0 Alpha 2 (Forum Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

wwwboard allows a remote attacker to delete message board articles via a malformed argument.

The weakness was shared 09/03/1998 by FIRST as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at worldwidemart.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0930. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10019 (wwwboard.pl Multiple CGI Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1175.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (2344), SecurityFocus (BID 1795†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-751†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 1175
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP wwwboard.pl access
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Timelineinfo

09/03/1998 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: worldwidemart.com
Researcher: FIRST
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-1999-0930 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0930
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14219
X-Force: 2344 - WWWboard CGI program allows corruption of pages\
SecurityFocus: 1795 - WWWBoard Arbitrary Message Overwrite Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 751 - WWWBoard Allows Remote Arbitrary Message Overwrite via Malformed Arguments, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2014 17:28
Updated: 10/22/2025 08:52
Changes: 06/19/2014 17:28 (66), 05/08/2019 15:41 (1), 10/22/2025 08:52 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:7A1:103

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