Simple Machines Forum 1.0.5 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Simple Machines Forum 1.0.5 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-2817. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Simple Machines Forum 1.0.5 (Forum Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1-0-5 and earlier supports the use of URLs for avatar images, which allows remote attackers to monitor sensitive information of forum visitors such as IP address and user agent, as demonstrated using a PHP script on a malicious server.

The bug was discovered 08/31/2005. The weakness was shared 09/07/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2817 since 09/07/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19550 (Simple Machines Forum Avatar Information Disclosure Vulnerability), 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.

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 (22093), Tenable (19550), SecurityFocus (BID 14706†), OSVDB (19120†) and Secunia (SA16646†). 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
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 19550
Nessus Name: Simple Machines Forum Avatar Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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08/31/2005 🔍
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03/11/2015 +3472 days 🔍
06/09/2019 +1551 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2817 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2817
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26239
X-Force: 22093
SecurityFocus: 14706
Secunia: 16646 - Simple Machine Forum Avatar Information Disclosure Weakness, Not Critical
OSVDB: 19120 - CVE-2005-2817 - Simple Machines Forum - Information Disclosure Issue
SecurityTracker: 1014828
Vulnerability Center: 9110 - Simple Machines Forum (SMF) Avatar Command Execution, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/09/2019 09:45
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (61), 06/09/2019 09:45 (9)
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Cache ID: 216:648:103

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