Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting phpbb package, versions [,2.0.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.61% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PHPBB-2382596
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed2 May 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 May 2006

CVE-2006-2134  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade phpbb to version 2.0.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in /includes/kb_constants.php in Knowledge Base Mod for PHPbb 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the module_root_path parameter.

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