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>> phpBB "cur_password" Parameter Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Title : phpBB "cur_password" Parameter Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-1191
CVE ID : CVE-2006-1603
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-04-03
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A vulnerability has been identified in phpBB, which may be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary scripting code. This flaw is due to an input validation error in the "profile.php" script that does not validate the "cur_password" parameter, which could be exploited by attackers to cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the user's browser in the security context of an affected Web site.
Affected Products
phpBB version 2.0.19 and prior
Solution
Upgrade to phpBB version 2.0.20 :
http://www.phpbb.com/downloads.php
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1191
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Preddy
ChangeLog
2006-04-03 : Initial release
2006-04-11 : Updated Solution
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