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WowBB demonstration forum hacked

— Thu, 2007-06-07 11:38 — lastnico

One week ago, the WowBB demonstration forum had been compromised and hacked. Its first page was replaced by a Turkish flag, so we suppose that the hacker came from this country.

This problem allows us to inform and prove that some forum softwares contains more security holes than other, and these kind of information will always be placed in first page, to let webmasters know which softwares are more secured.

For the moment, the WowBB installation is no longer activated, and a mail has been sent to WowBB developers to help them fix this problem.


About the same subject, an anti-spam and a captcha security have been installed on Forum-Software.org to prevent spam comments and incorrect users.

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WowBB Review Available

— Fri, 2007-03-23 00:39 — lastnico
WowBB Screenshot

WowBB Test and Demonstration are now available on Forum-Software.org.

Does this proprietary software will provide the key features you miss in the classic open source software solutions ? More information in the WowBB review...

You can consult it here :

Please note the IceBB will be the next forum software to be reviewed.

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Your opinion on WowBB

— Wed, 2007-03-07 14:13 — lastnico
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WowBB Demo

— Wed, 2007-03-07 14:13 — lastnico
Demonstration

Demonstration

 http://demo.forum-software.org/wowbb/

Note - May 23, 2008 : Forum-Software.org is still waiting for a security fix for the 1.7 release of Wowbb. The demonstration will be still unavailable still this moment.

Note - July 5, 2006 : The WowBB demonstration forum on Forum-Software.org had been hacked and is no longer available while a security fix is not available.

Please click on the banner to go to demonstration site.

Do not hesitate to modify, delete, customize and add anything to correctly test this software.

Administration Panel

The Administration Panel is available here : http://demo.forum-software.org/wowbb/admin.php

Accounts and Passwords

Administrator login / password
admin / demo
Moderator login / password
moderator / demo
User login / password
user / demo

Additional Notes

  • No additional notes.
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WowBB Review

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Install: PositivePositive (Easy) — Admin: PositivePositive (Easy)
Use: PositivePositive (Easy) — Themes: Yes Yes
Our Opinion : FullFullFullHalfNone — Users : FullFullNoneNoneNone (Rate it)
— Wed, 2007-03-07 14:12 — lastnico

Quick Guide Help

Installation : PositivePositive (Easy)
Administration : PositivePositive (Easy)
Forum Use : PositivePositive (Easy)
Themes : Yes Yes
Our Opinion : FullFullFullHalfNone
Users : FullFullNoneNoneNone (Rate it)
Released under : Proprietary License
Current version : 1.7 (2006).
Demonstration : WowBB Demo
Sponsored By : WowBB.
From WowBB website : What is WowBB? It's an easy to use forum software that helps you create a community around the things you care about. How to run WowBB?
  • Remotely host on our servers
  • - or -
  • Host on your server if your web host supports PHP & MySQL.
Here are some key features of WowBB :
  • unlimited forums and posts,
  • unlimited users and user groups,
  • unlimited polls and file uploads,
  • powerful moderation tools,
  • multiple languages and time zones,
  • rich text editing and spell checking,
  • easy customizations and themes,
You will find all WowBB features on this page : http://www.wowbb.com/features.php
Official web site : http://www.wowbb.com
Download Link : Download this forum software here : WowBB.

Server Architecture

Features Details
Operating Systems Details
Systems supporting this software.
  • Linux
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows XP
Web Server Details
Web Servers control the communication between the forum and the users.
  • Apache 1.3
  • Apache 2.0/2.2
  • Microsoft IIS
Languages Details
Main development language.
  • PHP 4
  • PHP 5
Databases Details
Applications which store forum datas.
  • MySQL
Another LAMP based forum software, like many others. A default Ubuntu server installation and some clicks and your WowBB forum software will be ready in 5 minutes or less.

Technical Features

Technical Features Details
CMS / Blog softwares integration Details
Web publishing tools which can be integrated with this software.
None
User base integration Details
This feature is useful when you would like to integrate your forum with an existing solution.
None
Template Engine Details
With known template engines, it is generally easier to customize forum and create new themes.
Custom
Webservices / XML-RPC management Details
Generally allow remote control from other softwares than browsers (program, etc...)
No
Even if WowBB has many features, most of integration (to a blog, a CMS, or inter-application APIs, like XML-RPC or Web-Services...) features are not present, due to its proprietary license.

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