Artscore Studios Cutecast Forum 1.2 .user Password information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Artscore Studios Cutecast Forum 1.2. Affected is an unknown function of the file .user. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure (Password). This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-2190. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Artscore Studios Cutecast Forum 1.2 (Forum Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file .user. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Password). 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

ArtsCore Studios CuteCast Forum 1.2 stores passwords in plaintext under the web document root, which allows remote attackers to obtain the passwords via an HTTP request to a .user file.

The bug was discovered 11/07/2002. The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2002 by LINUX as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-2190 since 11/16/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

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 54 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 10921 (CuteCast User Credential Disclosure Vulnerability).

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 (10556), Exploit-DB (21995), SecurityFocus (BID 6127†), OSVDB (60116†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-9257†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/07/2002 🔍
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12/31/2002 +54 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
09/26/2005 +1000 days 🔍
11/16/2005 +51 days 🔍
08/06/2014 +3185 days 🔍
08/29/2025 +4041 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: LINUX
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-2190 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-2190
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19832
X-Force: 10556
SecurityFocus: 6127 - CuteCast User Credential Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 60116 - CuteCast - User Credential Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 9257 - CuteCast Passwords Disclosure, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2014 12:28
Updated: 08/29/2025 18:20
Changes: 08/06/2014 12:28 (60), 06/09/2019 17:38 (4), 08/04/2024 17:01 (25), 08/29/2025 18:20 (5)
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