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>> Forum Picture and Meta Tags for phpBB "phpbb_root_path" File Inclusion Vulnerability
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Title : Forum Picture and Meta Tags for phpBB "phpbb_root_path" File Inclusion Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1188
CVE ID : CVE-2007-1818
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-04-02
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A vulnerability has been identified in Forum Picture and Meta Tags (module for phpBB), which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This issue is due to an input validation error in the "MOD_forum_fields_parse.php" script that does not validate the "phpbb_root_path" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include malicious files and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.
Affected Products
Forum Picture and Meta Tags (module for phpBB) version 1.7 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1188
Credits
Vulnerability reported by bd0rk
ChangeLog
2007-04-02 : Initial release
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