Vulnerability in Dcscripts Dcforum
CVE-2002-0226
retrieve_password.pl in DCForum 6.x and 2000 generates predictable new passwords based on a sessionID, which allows remote attackers to request a new password on behalf of another user and use the sessionID to calculate the new password for that user.
EPSS: 0.017 (75.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Dcscripts Dcforum — versions 5.0, 6.0, 6.21
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)