Short Name |
HTTP:PHP:PHPBB:HIGHLIGHT-EXEC |
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Severity |
Major |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
HTTP |
Keywords |
phpBB Search Highlighting Arbitrary Command Execution |
Release Date |
2004/12/22 |
Update Number |
1213 |
Supported Platforms |
di-5.3+, idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-11.4+, srx-12.1+, srx-branch-12.1+, vmx-17.4+, vsrx-12.1+, vsrx3bsd-18.2+ |
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in phpBB. Attackers can send a malformed HTTP request to phpBB to force phpBB to execute arbitrary PHP commands on the server with Web server permissions.
The 'viewtopic.php' phpBB script is prone to a remote script-injection vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied URI parameters before using them to construct dynamically generated web pages. This issue may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands in the context of the webserver that is hosting the vulnerable software.