cve-2004-1315

HIGH vulncheck_kev
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.

Timeline
Published
2017-06-20 00:00 UTC
Last Modified
2017-06-20
CVSS Details

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Affected Products

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Linked Vulnerabilities

{
  "cvss": 0.0,
  "datePublished": "2017-06-20T00:00:00Z",
  "dateUpdated": "2017-06-20T00:00:00Z",
  "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.",
  "dueDate": "",
  "id": "CVE-2004-1315",
  "kev_catalogs": [
    "vulncheck"
  ],
  "knownRansomwareCampaignUse": "Unknown",
  "product": "phpbb",
  "requiredAction": "Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.",
  "severity": "HIGH",
  "source": "vulncheck_kev",
  "title": "phpBB 2.x before 2.0.11viewtopic.php Arbitrary PHP Code Execution",
  "vendor": "phpbb_group"
}
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