CVE-2008-6957 describes a critical vulnerability in Crossday Discuz! Board's member.php, allowing remote attackers to reset arbitrary user passwords through crafted 'lostpasswd' and 'getpasswd' actions, likely due to predictable 'id' parameter generation. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), this flaw is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no authentication, potentially leading to full compromise of user accounts. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB (EDB-7185), though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:discuz:discuz\!:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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