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Dimension of phpBB "phpbb_root_path" File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA22287
Release Date: 2006-10-06
Last Update: 2006-10-13
Popularity: 4,967 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Dimension of phpBB 0.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-5222


Description:
SpiderZ has discovered some vulnerabilities in Dimension of phpBB, which can be exploited by malicious people to execute arbitrary PHP code by including files from local or external resources.

Input passed to the "phpbb_root_path" parameter in includes/themen_portal_mitte.php and includes/logger_engine.php is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code by including files from local or external resources.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerabilities have been reported in version 0.2.5 and confirmed in version 0.2.6. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.

Provided and/or discovered by:
SpiderZ

Changelog:
2006-10-12: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/2481


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