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phpBB Chatspot Module Two Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA18184
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Release Date:
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2005-12-22
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Last Update:
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2006-01-13
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Popularity:
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5,613 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Spoofing
Manipulation of data
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Chatspot 2.x (module for phpBB)
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-4528
CVE-2005-4529
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in the Chatspot module for phpBB, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing and SQL injection attacks.
1) Some unspecified input isn't properly sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This may be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.
2) An unspecified error exists which may be exploited to fake users.
Solution:
Update to version 2.0.0a7.
http://chatspot.sourceforge.net/download
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Changelog:
2006-01-13: Added CVE references.
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