CVE-2008-1484

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
24/03/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0_alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*