HTTP: phpBB Search Highlighting Arbitrary Command Execution
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in phpBB. Attackers can send a malformed HTTP request to phpBB to force phpBB to execute arbitrary PHP commands on the server with Web server permissions.
Extended Description
The 'viewtopic.php' phpBB script is prone to a remote script-injection vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied URI parameters before using them to construct dynamically generated web pages. This issue may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands in the context of the webserver that is hosting the vulnerable software.
Affected Products
Phpbb_group phpbb
Short Name
HTTP:PHP:PHPBB:HIGHLIGHT-EXEC
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
Arbitrary CVE-2004-1315 CVE-2005-2086 Command Execution Highlighting Search bid:10701 bid:14086 phpBB
Release Date
12/23/2004
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3724
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Pnphpbb
Phpbb_group
Gentoo
CVSS Score
7.5