AlstraSoft Forum Pay Per Post Exchange 2.0 User Account credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in AlstraSoft Forum Pay Per Post Exchange 2.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component User Account. This manipulation causes credentials management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-0440. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in AlstraSoft Forum Pay Per Post Exchange 2.0 (Forum Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component User Account. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-255. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

AlstraSoft Forum Pay Per Post Exchange 2.0 stores passwords in cleartext, which makes it easier for attackers to access user accounts.

The weakness was presented 01/23/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-0440 since 01/23/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (4956). See VDB-40682 for similar entry. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

01/23/2008 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2609 days 🔍
10/14/2024 +3500 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: alstrasoft.com

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-0440 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0440
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40693
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 10/14/2024 17:46
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (48), 11/09/2017 09:41 (4), 10/14/2024 17:46 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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