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CVE-2008-6957

member.php in Crossday Discuz! Board allows remote attackers to reset passwords of arbitrary...

7.5 HighPublic exploit

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.

Exploit likelihood

2.84%Down 3.9 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2008-6957
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-264
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-6957
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-6916 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2008-6916
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-96x5-37gv-6jg4 No score

member.php in Crossday Discuz! Board allows remote attackers to reset passwords of arbitrary...

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.

Record
GHSA-96x5-37gv-6jg4
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBDiscuz! - Remote Reset User Password2008-11-22

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2008-6957 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Discuz Discuz\!, published August 12, 2009. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.84%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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