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CVE-2008-4125

Published

15 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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The search function in phpBB 2.x provides a search_id value that leaks the state of PHP's PRNG, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information, as demonstrated by a cross-application attack against WordPress, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0632..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5/10
Exploit Score: 10/10
Access Vector: Network
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication Required: None
Impact Score: 2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Availability Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None

Products Affected

CPE	Affected	Vulnerable	Excluding	Edit
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:2:::::::*	Yes	-	-

References

http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45415