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MyBB Disclosure of Table Prefix Weakness
Secunia Advisory: SA18577
Release Date: 2006-01-23
Last Update: 2006-02-01
Popularity: 7,579 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:MyBB (formerly MyBulletinBoard) 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
imei has discovered a weakness in MyBB, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose system information.

The problem is that SQL error messages are returned to the user. This can be exploited to disclose the configured table prefix via a specially crafted search request.

Example:
http://[victim]/search.php?s=de1aaf9b&action=do_search&keywords=a&srchtype=3

The weakness has been confirmed in version 1.02. Other versions may also be affected.

Change Page:
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