CVE-2004-1315

Description

viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.x before 2.0.11 improperly URL decodes the highlight parameter when extracting words and phrases to highlight, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by double-encoding the highlight value so that special characters are inserted into the result, which is then processed by PHP exec, as exploited by the Santy.A worm.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200411-32

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18052

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-356A.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10701

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/385208

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=240513

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/497400

http://secunia.com/advisories/13239/

http://marc.info/?t=110079440800004&r=1&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110365752909029&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110029415208724&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3