GCVE-110-CERTCC-2001-920931

Advisory Published

Vulnetix · Advisory published August 3, 2001

phpBB is an open-source bulletin board program. A user input validation problem exists with regard to language settings. An intruder can excute arbitrary php code and gain a shell with the privileges of the web server on the system.

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impact15population6exploitation10widely_known20score_current17.2125ease_of_exploitation17

References

phpBB does not adequately validate user input for language selection thereby allowing user to execute arbitrary php code

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phpBB does not adequately validate user input for language selection thereby allowing user to execute arbitrary php code

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phpBB does not adequately validate user input for language selection thereby allowing user to execute arbitrary php code

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phpBB does not adequately validate user input for language selection thereby allowing user to execute arbitrary php code

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