PHPBB HTTP Referer Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:16509

Info

PHPBB HTTP Referer Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 16509
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 06 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 06 2006 12:00AM
Credit: Maksymilian Arciemowicz is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.19
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.18
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.17
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.16
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.15
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.14
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.13
+ Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.1 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.1 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.1
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.12
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.11
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.10
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.9
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.8 a
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.8
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.7 a
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.7
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.6 d
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.6 c
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.6
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.5
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.4
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.3
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.2
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHPBB HTTP Referer Information Disclosure Vulnerability



The phpBB application is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly secure the session ID when accessing an external avatar image or external BBCode image.

An attacker can exploit this issue to retrieve the session ID of a currently active victim user.

Successful exploitation of this issue requires that the vulnerable site be configured to use external avatar images; this is not the default setting.

Exploit / POC

PHPBB HTTP Referer Information Disclosure Vulnerability


An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

PHPBB HTTP Referer Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

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