CVE-2008-4125

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-4125

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2008-09-18T17:59:33

Last Modified Date
2017-08-08T01:32:26

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-200	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:2:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

References

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

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4125
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4125

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:06:05				Added to TrackCVE