Simplemachines SMF up to 2.0 Load.php loadUserSettings cryptographic issue

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Simplemachines SMF. Affected is the function loadUserSettings of the file Load.php. The manipulation results in cryptographic issue. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-1128. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Simplemachines SMF. Affected is the function loadUserSettings of the file Load.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The loadUserSettings function in Load.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) before 1.1.13, and 2.x before 2.0 RC5, does not properly handle invalid login attempts, which might make it easier for remote attackers to obtain access or cause a denial of service via a brute-force attack.

The weakness was presented 06/20/2011 (Website). The advisory is available at simplemachines.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-1128 since 03/02/2011. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:Load.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.1.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-57741, VDB-57740, VDB-57739 and VDB-57737 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Simplemachines

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• SMF

Version

• 1.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8
• 1.0.9
• 1.0.10
• 1.0.12
• 1.0.13
• 1.0.14
• 1.0.15
• 1.0.16
• 1.0.17
• 1.0.18
• 1.0.19
• 1.0.20
• 1.0.21
• 1.1
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.1.7
• 1.1.8
• 1.1.9
• 1.1.10
• 1.1.11
• 1.1.12
• 2.0

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