J-Security Center

Title: YaBB SE Language Remote File Include Vulnerability

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

YaBB SE is a freely available, open source port of Yet Another Bulletin Board (YaBB). It is available for a number of platforms include Unix, Linux, and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

YaBB may allow malicious bulletin board users to influence the include path for language files. Registered users may influence the include path of language files through the "Change Profile" option. A malicious user could set an include path that points to a malicious PHP script on an external host. This could result in execution of commands in the context of the web server.

Affected Products:

  • YaBB SE YaBB SE 1.1.3
  • YaBB SE YaBB SE 1.4.1
  • YaBB SE YaBB SE 1.5.0.0
  • YaBB SE YaBB SE 1.5.0.1 RC1
  • YaBB SE YaBB SE 1.5.1

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