OSVDB ID: 22270

Title: phpBB topic type SQL Injection

Info

Disclosure

Dec 22, 2005

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

phpBB contains a flaw that may allow an attacker to carry out an SQL injection attack. The issue is due to the not properly sanitizing user-supplied input to the 'topic type'. This may allow an attacker to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the back-end database.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.0.18 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

phpBB Group

phpBB

2.0.17

References

Credit

  • AnthraX101 -


Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/22270