CVE-2004-1315 | BDVDB-2026-7663 Detail
Description#
viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.x before 2.0.11 improperly URL decodes the highlight parameter when extracting words and phrases to highlight, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by double-encoding the highlight value so that special characters are inserted into the result, which is then processed by PHP exec, as exploited by the Santy.A worm.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10701
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200411-32
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110365752909029&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18052
- http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=240513
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/497400
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-356A.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13239/
- http://marc.info/?t=110079440800004&r=1&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/385208
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110029415208724&w=2
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.