Woltlab Burning Board 1.1.1 User Account register.php code privileges management

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Woltlab Burning Board 1.1.1. This impacts an unknown function of the file register.php of the component User Account. This manipulation of the argument code causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0903. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Woltlab Burning Board 1.1.1 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file register.php of the component User Account. The manipulation of the argument code with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

register.php for WoltLab Burning Board (wbboard) 1.1.1 uses a small number of random values for the "code" parameter that is provided to action.php to approve a new registration, along with predictable new user ID s, which allows remote attackers to hijack new user accounts via a brute force attack on the new user ID and the code value.

The weakness was released 10/04/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0903. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

By approaching the search of inurl:register.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9177) and SecurityFocus (BID 4859†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Content Management System

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• Woltlab

Name

• Burning Board

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• 1.1.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.woltlab.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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