YaBB 1.5.2 SSI.php sourcedir privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in YaBB 1.5.2. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file SSI.php. Such manipulation of the argument sourcedir leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0275. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in YaBB 1.5.2 (Forum Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file SSI.php. The manipulation of the argument sourcedir with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

SSI.php in YaBB SE 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the sourcedir parameter to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code.

The weakness was disclosed 06/16/2003 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0275 since 05/09/2003. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:SSI.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11218 (YaBB SE SSI.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability).

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 databases at X-Force (12005) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6334†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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05/09/2003 🔍
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08/11/2014 +3533 days 🔍
08/21/2025 +4028 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0275 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0275
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20522
X-Force: 12005
Vulnerability Center: 6334 - Code Execution in YaBB SE 1.5.2 via URL, High

Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2014 01:01
Updated: 08/21/2025 11:08
Changes: 08/12/2014 01:01 (48), 05/27/2019 06:24 (7), 08/21/2025 11:08 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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