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>> phpBB "viewtopic.php" Remote PHP Code Execution Vulnerability
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Title : phpBB "viewtopic.php" Remote PHP Code Execution Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-0904
CVE ID : CVE-2005-2086
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-06-28
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A vulnerability was identified in phpBB, which may be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable web server. This flaw is due to an input validation error in the "viewtopic.php" script that does not properly filter the "highlight" parameter before calling the "preg_replace()" function, which may be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP commands with the privileges of the web server.
Affected Products
phpBB version 2.0.15 and prior
Solution
phpBB version 2.0.16 :
http://www.phpbb.com/downloads.php
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0904
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=302011
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Ron van Daal
ChangeLog
2005-06-28 : Initial release
2005-07-04 : Updated CVE
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