CVE-2008-6507 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in phpBB before 3.0.4 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via unknown vectors related to the lack of password prompts for a private message that quotes a post in a password-protected forum.

Published: 2009-03-23

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:3.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:3.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:3.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:3.0.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-4442	Unspecified vulnerability in phpBB before 3.0.4 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via unknown vectors related to the lack of password prompts for a private message that quotes a post in a password-protected forum.
Github GHSA	GHSA-jw8f-q84g-r3vm	phpBB vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure

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 None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00375.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/33166
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/06/2
http://www.osvdb.org/50806
http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1352565
http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelog&version=3#v303

History

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Subscriptions

Phpbb Phpbb

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-03-23T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:58:21.268Z

Reserved: 2009-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-6507

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-03-23T16:30:01.530

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-6507

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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