DeluxeBB 1.09 cp.php membercookie improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in DeluxeBB 1.09. This affects an unknown function of the file cp.php. Such manipulation of the argument membercookie leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-6237. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in DeluxeBB 1.09 (Forum Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file cp.php. The manipulation of the argument membercookie with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

cp.php in DeluxeBB 1.09 does not verify that the membercookie parameter corresponds to the authenticated member during a profile update, which allows remote authenticated users to change the e-mail addresses of arbitrary accounts via a modified membercookie parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-4078. NOTE: this can be leveraged for administrative access by requesting password-reset e-mail through a lostpw action to misc.php.

The weakness was presented 12/04/2007 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-6237 since 12/04/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Python. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:cp.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 Exploit-DB (4661), SecurityFocus (BID 26572†) and Secunia (SA27794†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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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

11/26/2007 🔍
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12/04/2007 +8 days 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2659 days 🔍
08/02/2025 +3792 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-6237 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6237
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39938
SecurityFocus: 26572 - DeluxeBB CP.PHP Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 27794 - DeluxeBB Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/02/2025 22:49
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (59), 09/12/2018 11:17 (1), 08/02/2025 22:49 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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