Description
Ultimate PHP Board (UPB) 1.9.6 GOLD uses weak encryption for passwords in the users.dat file, which allows attackers to easily decrypt the passwords and gain privileges, possibly after exploiting CVE-2005-2005 to obtain users.dat.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Ultimate PHP Board 1.8/1.9 - Weak Password Encryption EDB-25838 · webapps · Jun 16, 2005 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20050616 M4DR007-06SA (security advisory): Multiple vulnerabilities in UPB 1.9.6 GOLD mailing-list
- 13975 vdb-entry