PunBB Language Selection File Include Vulnerability

BID:14904

Info

PunBB Language Selection File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14904
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 22 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 22 2005 12:00AM
Credit: The vendor credits Stefan Esser of the Hardened-PHP Project for the discovery of this vulnerability. The vendor announced this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: PunBB PunBB 1.2.7
PunBB PunBB 1.2.6
PunBB PunBB 1.2.5
PunBB PunBB 1.2.4
PunBB PunBB 1.2.3
PunBB PunBB 1.2.2
PunBB PunBB 1.2.1
Not Vulnerable: PunBB PunBB 1.2.8

Discussion

PunBB Language Selection File Include Vulnerability

PunBB is affected by a file include vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Specific details regarding this vulnerability are unavailable. However, it is conjectured an attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary server-side script code on an affected computer with the privileges of the Web server process. This may facilitate unauthorized access; other attacks may also be possible.

Exploit / POC

PunBB Language Selection File Include Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

PunBB Language Selection File Include Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in PunBB version 1.2.8:


PunBB PunBB 1.2.1

PunBB PunBB 1.2.2

PunBB PunBB 1.2.3

PunBB PunBB 1.2.4

PunBB PunBB 1.2.5

PunBB PunBB 1.2.6

PunBB PunBB 1.2.7

References

PunBB Language Selection File Include Vulnerability

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