Ultimate PHP Board up to 1.8 Error Message viewforum.php postorder information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Ultimate PHP Board up to 1.8. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file viewforum.php of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument postorder leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-1616. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ultimate PHP Board up to 1.8 (Forum Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file viewforum.php of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument postorder with an unknown input 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

viewforum.php in Ultimate PHP Board (UPB) 1.8 through 1.9.6 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid (1) id or possibly (2) postorder parameter, which reveals the path in an error message when a file can not be opened.

The bug was discovered 05/13/2005. The weakness was presented 05/16/2005 by Morinex as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-1616 since 05/16/2005. 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 of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:viewforum.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18260 (Ultimate PHP Board < 1.9.7 viewforum.php Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20684), Tenable (18260), SecurityFocus (BID 13621†), OSVDB (16773†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-11845†). See VDB-25222 and VDB-25221 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
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Nessus ID: 18260
Nessus Name: Ultimate PHP Board < 1.9.7 viewforum.php Multiple Vulnerabilities
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03/11/2015 +3199 days 🔍
06/20/2019 +1562 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Morinex
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1616 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1616
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25223
X-Force: 20684
SecurityFocus: 13621 - Ultimate PHP Board ViewForum.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
OSVDB: 16773 - CVE-2005-1616 - Ultimate PHP Board - Information Disclosure Issue
Vulnerability Center: 11845 - Ultimate PHP Board Remote Path Disclosure via an Invalid ID or Postorder Parameter, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/20/2019 12:53
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (67), 06/20/2019 12:53 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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