PT-2009-2612 · Phpbb · Phpbb

Published 2009-09-01 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-7143

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions phpBB version 2.0.23

Description The issue allows remote attackers to hijack the session via a post in the thread containing a URL to a remotely hosted image, which might include the session ID in the Referer header, when the moderator or administrator closes a thread. This occurs because the session ID is included in a request to "modcp.php".

Recommendations For phpBB version 2.0.23, consider restricting access to the "modcp.php" module to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using images from remote hosts in posts, especially when closing threads, to prevent potential session hijacking.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-7143

Affected Products

Phpbb

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7143 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-7143 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/51121 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489815/100/0/threaded · Note