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Secunia Security Advisory 31750

Secunia Security Advisory 31750
Posted Sep 8, 2008
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Simple Machines Forum, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

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Secunia Security Advisory 31750

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TITLE:
Simple Machines Forum Password Reset Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31750

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31750/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Simple Machines Forum 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/5285/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Simple Machines Forum, which can
be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to the application generating
validation codes for the password reset functionality in an insecure
manner. This can be exploited to predict the validation code and
reset user passwords to an arbitrary value.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.1.5 when being installed
on the Windows platform. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.1.6.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Raz0r

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Simple Machines Forum:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=260145.0

Raz0r:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6392

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About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
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Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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