phpBB up to 2.0.11 Error Message viewtopic.php highlight information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in phpBB. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file viewtopic.php of the component Error Message Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument highlight results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2005-0603. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in phpBB (Forum Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown functionality of the file viewtopic.php of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument highlight with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a highlight parameter containing invalid regular expression syntax, which reveals the path in a PHP error message.

The bug was discovered 02/26/2005. The weakness was released 02/28/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at phpbb.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0603 since 03/01/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:viewtopic.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17225 (phpBB <= 2.0.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19486), Tenable (17225), SecurityFocus (BID 12678†), OSVDB (14243†) and Secunia (SA14413†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-24539. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 17225
Nessus Name: phpBB <= 2.0.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Product: phpbb.com

Advisory: phpbb.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0603 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0603
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23991
X-Force: 19486
SecurityFocus: 12678
Secunia: 14413 - phpBB "autologinid" Security Bypass, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 14243 - CVE-2005-0603 - phpBB - Information Disclosure Issue
Vulnerability Center: 11611 - phpBB 2.0.12 and Earlier Remote Path Disclosure, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 07/01/2021 13:07
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (68), 06/19/2019 09:18 (6), 07/01/2021 13:07 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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