CVE-2000-1228

Public Exploit

Description

Phorum 3.0.7 allows remote attackers to change the administrator password without authentication via an HTTP request for admin.php3 that sets step, option, confirm and newPssword variables.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 6.07% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory uni-stuttgart.de

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2271	exploit vdb entry patch
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2000/01/msg00215.html	mailing list exploit patch vendor advisory
http://www.digitalsec.net/stuff/z-mirrors/hispahack/mi020.htm
http://hispahack.ccc.de/mi020.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2000-1228?: CVE-2000-1228 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2000-1228?: To fix CVE-2000-1228, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2000-1228 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2000-1228 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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