| GEN:SID | 1:1137 |
| Message | WEB-PHP Phorum authentication access |
| Summary | This event is generated when an attempt is made to access the php application Phorum using a default administrator account.
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| Impact | Severe - Phorum administration is controlled by the attacker
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| Detailed Information | Phorum is a popular PHP forum and versions 3.0.7 and previous are vulnerable to this exploit. An attacker can exploit a bug in Phorum's auth.php script to gain administration access using a universal password (boogieman) supplied with the variable PHP_AUTH_USER. Phorum's PHP scripts rely on auth.php to authenticate the user.
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| Affected Systems | |
| Attack Scenarios | The attacker requests /admin.php?PHP_AUTH_USER=boogieman from the Phorum PHP scripts. It is now possible to use the administration script to modify all Phorum settings.
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| Ease of Attack | Simple
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| Corrective Action | Update Phorum from www.phorum.org
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| Additional References | |
| Rule References | arachnids: 206
bugtraq: 2274
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