Description
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.
References
- 3866 vdb-entry
- 20020201 Vulnerability in all versions of DCForum from dcscripts.com mailing-list
- dcforum-cgi-recover-passwords(8044) vdb-entry
- http://www.dcscripts.com/bugtrac/DCForumID7/3.html
- 2038 vdb-entry
- 4014 vdb-entry