phpBB <= 2.0.14 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18124

Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its banner, the remote host is running a version of phpBB that suffers from multiple flaws:

- A BBCode Input Validation Vulnerability The application fails to properly filter for the BBCode URL in the 'includes/bbcode.php' script. With a specially crafted URL, an attacker could cause arbitrary script code to be executed in a user's browser, possibly even to modify registry entries without the user's knowledge.

- Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities The application does not properly sanitize user-supplied input to the 'forumname' and 'forumdesc' parameters of the 'admin/admin_forums.php' script. By enticing a phpBB administrator to visit a specially crafted link, an attacker can potentially steal the admin's session cookie or perform other attacks.

- Improper Filtering of HTML Code The application does not completely filter user-supplied input to the 'u' parameter of the 'profile.php' script or the 'highlight' parameter of the 'viewtopic.php' script.

Solution

Upgrade to phpBB version 2.0.15 or later.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Apr/383

https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=288194

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18124

File Name: phpbb_2_0_14.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 4/25/2005

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:phpbb_group:phpbb

Required KB Items: www/phpBB

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1193, CVE-2005-1290

BID: 13344, 13345, 13545

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990