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phpBB Chatspot Module Two Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA18184
Release Date: 2005-12-22
Last Update: 2006-01-13
Popularity: 5,613 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Spoofing
Manipulation of data
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Chatspot 2.x (module for phpBB)

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-4528
CVE-2005-4529


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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