Allaire Forums! could allow an attacker to post messages as another user
| allaire-forums-message-spoofing (7841) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Forums! could allow a remote attacker to post messages as another user. A remote attacker can save the form locally and change the hidden form values for the username and email address to impersonate other users when posting messages.
Platforms Affected:
- Allaire, Forums! 3.1 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Other
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Jan 08 2002 - 17:06:00 CST, Allaire Forums Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-01/0092.html.
- Macromedia/Allaire Forums 2.0 Web site, Allaire Forums Now Open Source at http://www.macromedia.com/v1/products/forums/index.cfm.
- BID-3827: Forums! Insecure User Validation Message Posting Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-0108: Allaire Forums 2.0.4 and 2.0.5 and Forums! 3.0 and 3.1 allows remote authenticated users to spoof messages as other users by modifying the hidden form fields for the name and e-mail address.
- US-CERT VU#575619: Allaire Forums does not verify user information stored in hidden form fields
Reported:
Jan 08, 2002
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