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UseBB Version 1.0.5 Path
 
isclosure Vulnerability
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Fact: More than 15 vulnerabilities were discovered EVERY day of 2009

Description:

UseBB is an Open Source forum package developed in PHP and using the popular MySQL database back-end to store data. Unlike other popular forum systems, UseBB does not strive to have as many features as possible, but to be the easiest and most usable forum package, limiting the basic feature set to only the essential.

External References:
Mitre CVE: CVE-2007-2066
NVD NIST: CVE-2007-2066
OSVDB: 34156


Summary:
UseBB is an Open Source forum package developed in PHP and using the popular MySQL database back-end to store data. Unlike other popular forum systems, UseBB does not strive to have as many features as possible, but to be the easiest and most usable forum package, limiting the basic feature set to only the essential.
This vulnerabilities can be exploited only when PHP register_globals is On.
A security problem in the product allows attackers to gather the true path of the server-side script.

Release Date:
April 15 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: 2.3

Target Distribution on Internet: Low

Exploitability: Functional Exploit
Remediation Level: Official Fix
Report Confidence: Confirmed

Vulnerability Impact: Attack
Host Impact: Path disclosure.

SecureScout Testcase ID:
TC 17943

Vulnerable Systems:
UseBB version 1.0.5

Vulnerability Type:
Program flaw - The common.php has flaws which lead to Warnings.

Vendor:
Usable Forum Software

Vendor Status:
The Vendor has confirmed the problem and has release patch version 1.0.6 that addresses the problem. For more information see vendor announcement.
To download the latest version go to vendors product download area.

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:

REQUEST:
http://[TARGET]/[usebb-folder]/index.php?_SERVER

REPLY:
...

In file session.php on line 104:

- session_start() [ function.session-start]: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at [SERVER PATH]\UseBB\sources\common.php:86)

...

 



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