phpBB up to 2.0.19 admin/admin_users.php cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in phpBB and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file admin/admin_users.php. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-0438. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in phpBB (Forum Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file admin/admin_users.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.19, when Link to off-site Avatar or bbcode (IMG) are enabled, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as a logged in user via a link or IMG tag in a user profile, as demonstrated using links to (1) admin/admin_users.php and (2) modcp.php.

The weakness was disclosed 02/03/2006 by Maksymilian Arciemowicz (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-0438 since 01/26/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:admin/admin_users.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 (24497), SecurityFocus (BID 16509†), OSVDB (22929†) and Secunia (SA18693†). The entry VDB-28591 is pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Highly functional
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Timelineinfo

01/26/2006 🔍
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02/06/2006 +2 days 🔍
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07/18/2018 +1224 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: phpbb.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Maksymilian Arciemowicz
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-0438 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0438
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28592
X-Force: 24497 - phpBB Referer HTTP Header cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 16509 - PHPBB HTTP Referer Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 18693 - phpBB "Referer" Header Session ID Disclosure, Less Critical
OSVDB: 22929 - phpBB External Avatar Referer Header Session ID Disclosure
Vupen: ADV-2006-0445

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 07/18/2018 09:45
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (53), 07/18/2018 09:45 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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