| VID |
21636 |
| Severity |
40 |
| Port |
80, ... |
| Protocol |
TCP |
| Class |
CGI |
| Detailed Description |
A version of phpBB software which is older or as old as than version 2.0.15 is detected as installed on the host. phpBB is a open-source bulletin board software package, which uses MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL or Access/ODBC database. phpBB2 2.0.15 versions and earlier are vulnerable to a remote PHP script injection vulnerability, caused by improper filtering of user supplied input passed to the "highlight" parameter of the "viewtopic.php" script. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands in the context of the web server that is hosting the vulnerable software.
* Note: This check solely relied on the version number of the phpBB software installed on the remote Web server to assess this vulnerability, so this might be a false positive.
* References:
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=302011
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/403631
http://secunia.com/advisories/15845/
* Platforms Affected:
phpBB Group, phpBB versions prior to 2.0.16
Any operating system Any version |
| Recommendation |
Upgrade to the latest version of phpBB (2.0.16 or later), available from the phpBB Web site at http://www.phpbb.com/downloads.php |
| Related URL |
CVE-2005-2086 (CVE) |
| Related URL |
14086 (SecurityFocus) |
| Related URL |
21197 (ISS) |
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