50806 : phpBB Account Reactivation Security Restriction Bypass
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
11	1606	over 4 years ago	almost 4 years ago	4 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date
2008-12-12

Description

phpBB contains a flaw related to the functionality used to reactivate deactivated accounts that may allow an attacker to perform the action without authorization. No further details have been provided.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Authentication Management
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.0.4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

phpBB Group

phpBB

3.0.3

References

CVE ID: 2008-6506 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 33166
Other Advisory URL: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/06/2
http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelog&version=3
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1352565
http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelog&version=3#v303

Credit

Jorick -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-03-23 | Disagree?

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