Yazd Yazd Discussion Forum prior 3.0 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Yazd Yazd Discussion Forum. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-5729. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Yazd Yazd Discussion Forum (Forum Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Yazd Discussion Forum before 3.0 beta does not properly manage forum permissions, which allows remote authenticated users to (1) reply to a message in an arbitrary forum, if authorized to create a message in any forum; and (2) perform certain unauthorized forum actions, related to an "error in how the permissions were assembled" that assigns extra permissions to users.

The weakness was disclosed 11/06/2006 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5729 since 11/06/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 3.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29994), SecurityFocus (BID 20889†) and Secunia (SA22690†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Forum Software

Vendor

• Yazd

Name

• Yazd Discussion Forum

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Yazd Discussion Forum 3.0

Timelineinfo

11/03/2006 🔍
11/03/2006 +0 days 🔍
11/06/2006 +3 days 🔍
11/06/2006 +0 days 🔍
11/06/2006 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3048 days 🔍
04/26/2026 +4063 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5729 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5729
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33122
X-Force: 29994 - Yazd Discussion Forum unspecified security bypass
SecurityFocus: 20889 - Yasna Yazd Discussion Forum Insecure Default Permission Handling Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22690 - Yazd Discussion Forum Two Security Bypass Issues, Less Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/26/2026 10:44
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (52), 09/29/2017 08:59 (7), 04/26/2026 10:44 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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