phpBB Photo Album Module <= 2.0.53 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 18051

Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The installed version of phpBB on the remote host includes a photo album module that has multiple vulnerabilities:

- A SQL Injection Vulnerability An attacker can pass arbitrary SQL code through the 'mode' parameter of the 'album_search.php' script to manipulate database queries.

- Various Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities The application fails to properly sanitize user input through the 'sid' parameter of the 'album_cat.php' and 'album_comment.php' scripts. An attacker can exploit these flaws to cause arbitrary HTML and script code to be run in a user's browser within the context of the affected website.

Solution

Unknown at this time.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Apr/191

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18051

File Name: phpbb_photo_album_xss.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 4/14/2005

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:phpbb_group:phpbb

Required KB Items: www/phpBB

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1114, CVE-2005-1115

BID: 13157, 13158

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990