Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting phpbb package, versions [2.0_rc1,2.0.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.59% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PHPBB-2382583
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Dec 2002
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Dec 2002

CVE-2002-1707  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for phpbb.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution install.php in phpBB 2.0 through 2.0.1, when "allow_url_fopen" and "register_globals" variables are set to "on", allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the phpbb_root_dir parameter to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code.

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