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Re: Multiple vulnerabilities in MyBB


From: Andrew Farmer <andfarm () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:32:56 -0700

On 2011-04-22, at 09:21, MustLive wrote:
Information Leakage (WASC-13):

Logins are names of the users at the forum (and so it's possible to reveal
logins at forum's pages).

You're kidding, right?

Revealing the names of forum users is practically core functionality. There's no expectation whatsoever that they be 
kept secret - they're displayed all over the site, and a member list (giving you the ability to download ALL USER NAMES 
ON THE FORUM OMG) is enabled by default.


Insufficient Anti-automation (WASC-21):

http://site/member.php?action=activate&uid=1

http://site/member.php?action=lostpw

These functionalities have no protection from automated attacks (captcha).

The first one requires an activation code sent by email. I suppose you could *try* to brute-force it, but you'd 
probably have better luck brute-forcing the password on the email address you sent the activation to.

The second one... well, I suppose you could use it to try to determine whether email addresses belong to anyone on the 
forum, or send annoying password reset emails, but adding a CAPTCHA wouldn't really change that much.
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