A vulnerability was found in phpBB Prillian French up to 0.8.0 (Forum Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument phpbb_root_path with an unknown input leads to a file inclusion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-73. The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in language/lang_french/lang_prillian_faq.php in the Prillian French 0.8.0 and earlier module for phpBB allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.

The weakness was released 10/17/2006 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-5309 since 10/17/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as functional.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (29565). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 32783.

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• Forum Software

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• phpBB

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• Prillian French

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• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8

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• open-source

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