CVE-2002-0226: Dcscripts Dcforum

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

retrieve_password.pl in DCForum 6.x and 2000 generates predictable new passwords based on a sessionID, which allows remote attackers to request a new password on behalf of another user and use the sessionID to calculate the new password for that user.

Affected products

• Dcscripts Dcforum: version 5.0 only; version 6.0 only; version 6.21 only; version 2000 only

Published 2002-05-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.