CVE-2004-1315
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…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 72.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 72.10% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- phpbb group/phpbb
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110029415208724&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110365752909029&w=2
- http://marc.info/?t=110079440800004&r=1&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13239/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/497400Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=240513Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/385208
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10701
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-356A.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18052
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200411-32
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110029415208724&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110365752909029&w=2
- http://marc.info/?t=110079440800004&r=1&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13239/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/497400Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=240513Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/385208
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10701
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-356A.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18052
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200411-32
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.