CVE-2004-1315 Information

Description

viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.x before 2.0.11 improperly URL decodes the highlight parameter when extracting words and phrases to highlight which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by double-encoding the highlight value so that special characters are inserted into the result which is then processed by PHP exec as exploited by the Santy.A worm.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110029415208724&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110365752909029&w=2 http://marc.info/?t=110079440800004&r=1&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/13239/ http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/497400 http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=240513 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/385208 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10701 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-356A.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18052 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200411-32