PHPBB News Defilante Horizontale PHPBB_Root_Path Parameter Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	20233
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 13 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 13 2006 09:49PM
Credit:	Nima Salehi is credited with discovering this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	phpBB News Defilante Horizontale FR 4.1.1
Not Vulnerable:

PHPBB News Defilante Horizontale PHPBB_Root_Path Parameter Remote File Include Vulnerability

News Defilante Horizontale is prone to a remote file-include vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

Exploiting this issue may allow an attacker to compromise the application and the underlying system; other attacks are also possible.

News Defilante Horizontale 4.1.1 and earlier versions are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

PHPBB News Defilante Horizontale PHPBB_Root_Path Parameter Remote File Include Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a web client.

The following exploit code is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/20233.pl

PHPBB News Defilante Horizontale PHPBB_Root_Path Parameter Remote File Include Vulnerability

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

PHPBB News Defilante Horizontale PHPBB_Root_Path Parameter Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• phpBB Homepage (phpBB Group)
  
• news defilante horizontale <= 4.1.1 Remote File Include (Nima Salehi)