CVE-2002-0226 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

retrieve_password.pl in DCForum 6.x and 2000 generates predictable new passwords based on a sessionID, which allows remote attackers to request a new password on behalf of another user and use the sessionID to calculate the new password for that user.

Published: 2002-06-25

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:dcscripts:dcforum:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dcscripts:dcforum:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dcscripts:dcforum:6.21:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:dcscripts:dcforum:2000:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0223	retrieve_password.pl in DCForum 6.x and 2000 generates predictable new passwords based on a sessionID, which allows remote attackers to request a new password on behalf of another user and use the sessionID to calculate the new password for that user.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.012.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101258311519504&w=2
http://www.dcscripts.com/bugtrac/DCForumID7/3.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8044.php
http://www.osvdb.org/2038
http://www.osvdb.org/3866
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4014

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Dcscripts Dcforum

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-06-25T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:42:28.582Z

Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0226

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-05-16T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0226

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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