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Forum51/Board51/News51 Users Disclosure

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Searches for the existence of user.idx

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

It is possible to retrieve the list of users of the remote Forum51/Board51/News51
forum, as well as the MD5 hash for their password, by requesting the file
/forumdata/data/user.idx, /boarddata/data/user.idx, /newsdata/data/user.idx

Solution : Prevent users from accessing this directory
Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID: 8126, 8127, 8128

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