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phpCOIN E-Mail Address Disclosure of Arbitrary Messages Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA20088  
Release Date: 2006-05-12
Last Update: 2006-07-19

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

Software:phpCOIN 1.x

CVE reference:CVE-2006-2422 (Secunia mirror)



Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in phpCOIN, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to the application not checking if an e-mail address is already in use before allowing a user to add or change an e-mail address. This can be exploited to access and disclose the content of arbitrary messages.

Solution:
Apply code changes as described by the vendor:
http://forums.phpcoin.com//index.php?showtopic=5941

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits captainpovey.

Changelog:
2006-07-19: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://forums.phpcoin.com//index.php?showtopic=5941



Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

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4 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. phpCOIN HTTP Response Splitting and File Inclusion
2. phpCOIN "fs" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
3. phpCOIN SQL Injection and File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
4. phpCOIN Multiple Vulnerabilities


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