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CVE-2004-1315

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
12/11/2004
Last modified:
03/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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