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CVE-2002-0226
retrieve_password.pl in DCForum 6.x and 2000 generates predictable new passwords based on a sessionID, which allows remote attackers to…
High7.5EPSS 1.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
retrieve_password.pl in DCForum 6.x and 2000 generates predictable new passwords based on a sessionID, which allows remote attackers to request a new password on behalf of another user and use the sessionID to calculate the new password for that user.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 3866 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20020201 Vulnerability in all versions of DCForum from dcscripts.com (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- dcforum-cgi-recover-passwords(8044) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.dcscripts.com/bugtrac/DCForumID7/3.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 2038 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 4014 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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