phpBB "topic_id" SQL Injection Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA9090
Release Date: 2003-06-23
Last Update: 2005-03-11
Popularity: 11,203 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:phpBB 2.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2003-0486


Description:
Rick Patel has reported a vulnerability in phpBB, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "topic_id" parameter in "viewtopic.php" isn't properly sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

An exploit has been released, which is able to enumerate the password hash for any user id.

Solution:
Update to version 2.0.13 or later.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Rick Patel

Changelog:
2005-03-11: Updated advisory.


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