CVE-2004-1315

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-1315
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-11-12 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionviewtopic.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb All All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 1.0.0 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 1.0.1 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 1.2.0 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 1.2.1 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 1.4.0 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 1.4.1 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 1.4.2 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 1.4.4 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.0 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.1 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.10 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.2 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.3 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.4 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.5 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.6 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.6c All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.6d All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.7 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.7a All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.8 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.8a All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0.9 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0_beta1 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0_rc1 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0_rc2 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0_rc3 All All All
Application Phpbb Group Phpbb 2.0_rc4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA04-356A -- Exploitation of phpBB highlight parameter vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
'phpBB Code EXEC (v2.0.10)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#497400 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Secunia - Advisories - phpBB Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
'EXEC exploit in phpBB - fix' thread - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
phpBB Viewtopic.PHP PHP Script Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
phpBB.com :: View topic - howdark.com exploits - follow up af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.phpbb.com Vendor Advisory
'phpBB Worm' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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