Vulnerability in phpBB Group
CVE-2004-1315
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.725 (99.4th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.721 · newest: 0.725 · change: +0.004
Affected products
- phpBB Group — versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.2.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/10701 (vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/200411-32 (vendor-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18052 (vdb-entry)
- www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php (Vendor Advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/497400 (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-356A.html (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/13239/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/385208 (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2004-1315?
- CVE-2004-1315 is a vulnerability in phpBB Group. Published 2004-11-12.
- Is CVE-2004-1315 known to be exploited?
- 32 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.