CVE-2003-0494
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 · uneditedpassword.asp in Snitz Forums 3.4.03 and earlier allows remote attackers to reset passwords and gain privileges as other users by via a direct request to password.asp with a modified member id.
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 confidenceThe password.asp file in Snitz Forums 3.4.03 and earlier contains an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to reset passwords for any user by manipulating the member ID parameter in a direct HTTP request to password.asp.
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= 3.4.03CVSS 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
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- Complete
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 Snitz Forums installationLook for Snitz Forums web application files on the server. Check the web root for common Snitz files such as admin.asp, forum.asp, or the presence of a 'Snitz' directory structure.Affected if Snitz Forums is not installed on this server.
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Identify Snitz Forums versionCheck for a version indicator in the application. Common locations include a version.txt file, the footer in forum.asp, or the admin control panel. Look for version number strings like '3.4' or '3.4.03'.Affected if The installed version is 3.4.03 or earlier.
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Locate password.asp fileSearch the web application directory for the password.asp file. This is the vulnerable file mentioned in the CVE.Affected if password.asp is present in the application root or accessible via the web.
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Verify unauthenticated access to password.aspAttempt to access password.asp directly via HTTP without authentication. The vulnerability allows direct HTTP requests to this file without requiring a logged-in session. Check if the page loads and presents a password reset form.Affected if password.asp is accessible without any authentication or session cookies.
If Snitz Forums 2000 version 3.4.03 or earlier is installed and the password.asp file is accessible without authentication, the environment is affected by this IDOR vulnerability.
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 dataUpgrade Snitz Forums to a version newer than 3.4.03, or implement proper authentication/authorization checks on password.asp to verify the requester is authorized to reset the targeted user's password.
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- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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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-2003-0494 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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