OReilly Webboard 4.10.30 Paging denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in OReilly Webboard 4.10.30. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Paging Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0743. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in OReilly Webboard 4.10.30 (Forum Software). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Paging Handler. 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:

Paging function in O Reilly WebBoard Pager 4.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a message with an escaped character followed by JavaScript commands.

The bug was discovered 06/02/2001. The weakness was disclosed 10/18/2001 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0743. 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 are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 138 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86155 (O'Reilly WebBoard Pager Hostile JavaScript Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6653), Exploit-DB (20896), SecurityFocus (BID 2814†), OSVDB (13961†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6486†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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10/18/2001 +138 days 🔍
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10/04/2025 +4105 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0743 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0743
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17507
X-Force: 6653
SecurityFocus: 2814 - O'Reilly WebBoard Pager Hostile JavaScript Vulnerability
OSVDB: 13961 - O'Reilly - WebBoard - Pager - Hostile JavaScript Issue
Vulnerability Center: 6486 - DoS in Oreilly Software WebBoard 4.10.30 via paging Function, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 16:41
Updated: 10/04/2025 16:13
Changes: 07/09/2014 16:41 (59), 06/03/2019 16:21 (3), 05/01/2025 00:24 (27), 10/04/2025 16:13 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:0DE:103

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