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phpBB < 2.0.22 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3874

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Description

According to its banner, the remote host is running a version of phpBB that fails to sanitize user-supplied input. The details of several of these flaws is unknown; however, it is known that one of the vulnerabilities is an HTML injection flaw. This can enable an attacker to cause arbitrary HTML and script code to be executed in a user's browser within the context of the affected site.

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.0.22 or higher.

See Also

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=489624

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3874

Family: CGI

Published: 12/29/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:phpbb_group:phpbb

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4758, CVE-2006-6421, CVE-2006-6839, CVE-2006-6840, CVE-2006-6841

BID: 22001, 21806