Graphiks MyForum 1.3 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Graphiks MyForum 1.3 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-5040. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Graphiks MyForum 1.3 (Forum Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation 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:

Graphiks MyForum 1.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the (1) myforum_login and (2) myforum_pass cookies to 1.

The weakness was disclosed 11/12/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-5040 since 11/12/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available 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 databases at X-Force (46157), Exploit-DB (6857) and SecurityFocus (BID 31955†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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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

10/28/2008 🔍
11/12/2008 +15 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2316 days 🔍
11/09/2024 +3525 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-5040 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5040
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44972
X-Force: 46157 - MyForum cookie security bypass
SecurityFocus: 31955 - Graphiks MyForum Cookie Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 11/09/2024 09:46
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (47), 10/14/2018 08:38 (10), 11/09/2024 09:46 (22)
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Cache ID: 216:162:103

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