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>> Categories hierarchy for phpBB "phpbb_root_path" Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability
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Title : Categories hierarchy for phpBB "phpbb_root_path" Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-0493
CVE ID : CVE-2007-0809
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-02-06
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A vulnerability has been identified in Categories hierarchy (module for phpBB), which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This issue is due to an input validation error in the "includes/class_template.php" script that does not validate the "phpbb_root_path" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include malicious PHP scripts and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.
Affected Products
Categories hierarchy (module for phpBB) version 2.1.2 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0493
Credits
Vulnerability reported by xoron
ChangeLog
2007-02-06 : Initial release
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