CVE-2002-1846 Auth bypass in n/a
Attackers can hijack user accounts by stealing cookies and bypassing password verification during profile updates in YaBB.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-1846?
CVE-2002-1846 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Jun 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Yet Another Bulletin Board (YaBB) 1.40 and 1.41 does not require a user to submit the correct password before changing it to a new password, which allows remote attackers to modify passwords by stealing the cookie of another user, modifying the expiretime setting, and submitting the change in a profile2 action to index.php.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1846?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Yabb Yabb.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1846?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1846 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2002-1846 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1846 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rp5q-5rp7-fg23.