CVE-2008-1484
The password reset feature in PunBB 1.2.16 and earlier uses predictable random numbers based on the system time, which allows remote…
- 3.5LowCVSS base score
- 4.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The password reset feature in PunBB 1.2.16 and earlier uses predictable random numbers based on the system time, which allows remote authenticated users to determine the new password via a brute force attack on a seed that is based on the approximate creation time of the targeted account. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2006-5737.
Public exploit
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Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- PunBB 1.2.16 - Blind Password Recovery (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5165webapps, phppublished 21 Feb 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 5165 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=18460 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29043 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-01.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://punbb.org/download/changelogs/1.2.16_to_1.2.17.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 45561 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20080220 Advisory SE-2008-01: PunBB Blind Password Recovery Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 5165 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 27908 (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)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1486 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-1484)Record last updated .