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Secunia Advisory SA8922

Forum Web Server Username and Password Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory SA8922
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Release Date 2003-06-03
Last Update 2003-10-07
   
Popularity 7,637 views
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Criticality level Less criticalLess critical
Impact Exposure of sensitive information
Where Local system
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Unpatched
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
Remediation status Secunia VIM
   
Software:
Forum Web Server 1.x
Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) No CVE references.
  

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Forum Web Server allowing malicious, local users to see all usernames and passwords.

The problem is that all usernames and passwords are stored in the plain text file "User.ini".

Also usernames and passwords are stored in plain text in cookies. While this is not a vulnerability, it is considered bad security practise.

This has been confirmed in version 1.60. However, other versions may also be affected.


Solution
Grant only trusted users access to systems running Forum Web Server.

Provided and/or discovered by
Ziv Kamir

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