PT-2006-1505 · Phpbb · Phpbb

Maksymilian Arciemowicz · Published 2006-02-06 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-0438

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions phpBB version 2.0.19

Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue exists when Link to off-site Avatar or bbcode (IMG) are enabled, allowing remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as a logged-in user via a link or IMG tag in a user profile. This can be achieved by using links to API endpoints such as "admin/admin users.php" and "modcp.php".

Recommendations For phpBB version 2.0.19, consider disabling the Link to off-site Avatar or bbcode (IMG) features until a patch is available to prevent exploitation of this issue. Restrict access to sensitive API endpoints, such as "admin/admin users.php" and "modcp.php", to minimize the risk of unauthorized actions.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0438

Affected Products

Phpbb

References · 9

• 🔥 http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/31 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18693 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0438 · Security Note
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-February/041920.html · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/406 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/22929 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0438 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0445 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24497 · Note