PunBB up to 1.2.4 profile.php ID sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in PunBB. Impacted is an unknown function of the file profile.php. The manipulation of the argument ID leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-1051. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PunBB (Forum Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file profile.php. The manipulation of the argument id with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SQL injection vulnerability in profile.php in PunBB 1.2.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter in a change_email action.

The bug was discovered 04/08/2005. The weakness was released 04/08/2005 by Stefan Esser (Website). The advisory is shared at dev.punbb.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-1051 since 04/12/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

After 4 days, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:profile.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18005 (PunBB profile.php id Parameter SQL Injection), 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 Exploit-DB (928), Tenable (18005), SecurityFocus (BID 13071†), OSVDB (15372†) and Secunia (SA14882†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-24152. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 18005
Nessus Name: PunBB profile.php id Parameter SQL Injection
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: dev.punbb.org
Researcher: Stefan Esser
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-1051 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1051
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24821
SecurityFocus: 13071 - PunBB Profile.PHP SQL Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 14882 - PunBB SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 15372 - PunBB profile.php id Parameter SQL Injection
Vulnerability Center: 7713 - SQL Injection in PunBB 1.2.1 Allows Database Modification, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 10/30/2025 17:26
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (79), 05/31/2019 20:50 (2), 10/30/2025 17:26 (18)
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