CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-0632

6.4 MEDIUM Published 2006-02-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-02-10
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Description

The gen_rand_string function in phpBB 2.0.19 uses insufficiently random data (small value space) to create the activation key ("validation ID") that is sent by e-mail when establishing a password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain the key and modify passwords for existing accounts or create new accounts.

Affected configurations

• phpbb group phpbb 2.0.0 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.1 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.2 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.3 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.4 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.5 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.6 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.6c • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.6d • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.7 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.7a • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.8 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.8a • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.9 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.10 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.11 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.12 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.13 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.14 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.15 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.16 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.17 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.18 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0.19 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0 beta1 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0 rc1 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0 rc2 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0 rc3 • phpbb group phpbb 2.0 rc4

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