CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-1484

3.5 LOW Published 2008-03-24 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-03-24
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.5 LOW — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-264

Description

The password reset feature in PunBB 1.2.16 and earlier uses predictable random numbers based on the system time, which allows remote authenticated users to determine the new password via a brute force attack on a seed that is based on the approximate creation time of the targeted account. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2006-5737.

Affected configurations

• punbb punbb 1.0 • punbb punbb 1.0.1 • punbb punbb 1.0 alpha • punbb punbb 1.0 beta1 • punbb punbb 1.0 beta2 • punbb punbb 1.0 beta3 • punbb punbb 1.0 rc1 • punbb punbb 1.0 rc2 • punbb punbb 1.1 • punbb punbb 1.1.1 • punbb punbb 1.1.2 • punbb punbb 1.1.3 • punbb punbb 1.1.4 • punbb punbb 1.1.5 • punbb punbb 1.2 • punbb punbb 1.2.1 • punbb punbb 1.2.2 • punbb punbb 1.2.3 • punbb punbb 1.2.4 • punbb punbb 1.2.5 • punbb punbb 1.2.6 • punbb punbb 1.2.7 • punbb punbb 1.2.8 • punbb punbb 1.2.9 • punbb punbb 1.2.10 • punbb punbb 1.2.11 • punbb punbb 1.2.12 • punbb punbb 1.2.13 • punbb punbb 1.2.14 • punbb punbb 1.2.15 • punbb punbb 1.2.16

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References