CVE-2008-6957

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

member.php in Crossday Discuz! Board allows remote attackers to reset passwords of arbitrary users via crafted (1) lostpasswd and (2) getpasswd actions, possibly involving predictable generation of the id parameter.

Affected products

Discuz!: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32731
http://www.80vul.com/dzvul/sodb/14/dz-exp-sodb-2008-14_php.htm
http://www.discuz.net/archiver/?tid-1112426.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32424
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46785
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7185
http://secunia.com/advisories/32731
http://www.80vul.com/dzvul/sodb/14/dz-exp-sodb-2008-14_php.htm
http://www.discuz.net/archiver/?tid-1112426.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32424
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46785
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7185

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