CVE-2016-10073

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
The from method in library/core/class.email.php in Vanilla Forums before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to spoof the email domain in sent messages and potentially obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTTP Host header, as demonstrated by a password reset request.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-10073
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-05-23T04:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-07-11T12:45:44
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:vanillaforums:vanilla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.3.0
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
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41996/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://open.vanillaforums.com/discussion/33498/critical-security-release-vanilla-2-3-1 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exploitbox.io/vuln/Vanilla-Forums-Exploit-Host-Header-Injection-CVE-2016-10073-0day.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142486/Vanilla-Forums-2.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10073
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10073
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:41:14 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 17:11:58 2017-05-23T04:29Z 2017-05-23T04:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 17:11:58 2019-07-11T12:45:44 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 17:11:58 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated