CVE-2002-0108
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAllaire Forums 2.0.4 and 2.0.5 and Forums! 3.0 and 3.1 allows remote authenticated users to spoof messages as other users by modifying the hidden form fields for the name and e-mail address.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceAllaire Forums stores user identity (name and email) in hidden form fields that are submitted with messages. Authenticated users can modify these hidden fields to impersonate other users when posting messages, due to insufficient server-side validation of the submitted user identity data.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 2.0.4= 2.0.5= 3.0= 3.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Allaire Forums installationLocate and identify the Allaire Forums installation on the server. Check for forums executable files, configuration files, or the application binary.Affected if The installed version matches 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 3.0, or 3.1
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Identify installed versionCheck the application's version information through the admin interface, readme files, or metadata files included with the installation.Affected if The version is one of the following: 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 3.0, or 3.1
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Examine post message formsAccess the message posting functionality and view the HTML source of the form used to submit new messages or replies. Look for hidden input fields containing user identity data such as username, display name, or email address.Affected if Hidden form fields containing user identity (name, email, or user identifier) are present in the posting form
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Verify server-side user validationReview the server-side code that processes message submissions. Check if the application retrieves the authenticated user's identity from server-side session data or if it accepts user identity values submitted from the client-side form.Affected if The application accepts user identity from client-submitted form data without verifying it matches the authenticated session user
You are affected if Allaire Forums version 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 3.0, or 3.1 is installed and the application uses hidden form fields to传递用户身份信息 without server-side validation against the authenticated session.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement server-side user validation by using session-based user identification instead of trusting hidden form fields. The application should retrieve the authenticated user's identity from the server session rather than accepting it from client-submitted forms.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2002-0108 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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