CVE-2000-1228 is a critical vulnerability affecting Phorum 3.0.7, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to change the administrator password. By sending a crafted HTTP request to admin.php3 with specific variables (step, option, confirm, newPssword), an attacker can gain unauthorized administrative access. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium) due to its network attack vector, low complexity, and direct impact on integrity (password change). While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 84/100, indicating significant potential risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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