Title: MyPHP Forum Post.PHP Username Spoofing Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
MyPHP Forum is a Web based forum implemented in PHP and utilizing a MySQL backend.
MyPHP Forum is prone to a username spoofing vulnerability. The issue exists due to a design error, where a user may arbitrarily specify their username as a value for a URI parameter while submitting a message to the forum.
An attacker may exploit this issue to spoof forum messages from other, potentially trusted, users.
Affected Products:
- MyPHP Forum MyPHP Forum 1.0.0
References:
- MyPHP Forum: MyPHP Forum Homepage
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