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>> phpBB Security Bypass and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
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Title : phpBB Security Bypass and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1236
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1766
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-04-16
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Two vulnerabilities have been identified in phpBB, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions and gain knowledge of sensitive information.
The first issue is caused by an error in the memberlist feature, which could allow unauthorized users to search the memberlist by email address, leading to information disclosure.
The second vulnerability is caused by an error in the private message attachment handling feature, which could allow unauthorized users to view other users' PM attachments
Affected Products
phpBB version 3.0.0 and prior
Solution
Upgrade to phpBB version 3.0.1 :
http://www.phpbb.com/downloads/
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1236
http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=879735
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by evil3 and AlleyKat.
ChangeLog
2008-04-16 : Initial release
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