Activity MOD Plus 1.1.0 Lang_Activity.PHP phpbb_root_path file inclusion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Activity MOD Plus 1.1.0. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file Lang_Activity.PHP. Such manipulation of the argument phpbb_root_path leads to file inclusion. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-2735. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Activity MOD Plus 1.1.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file Lang_Activity.PHP. The manipulation of the argument phpbb_root_path with an unknown input leads to a file inclusion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-73. The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in language/lang_english/lang_activity.php in Activity MOD Plus (Amod) 1.1.0, as used with phpBB when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter. NOTE: This is a similar vulnerability to CVE-2006-2507.

The weakness was shared 05/28/2006 by Mustafa Can Bjorn (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-2735 since 06/01/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:Lang_Activity.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 (26857), Exploit-DB (1844), SecurityFocus (BID 18155†), OSVDB (25821†) and Secunia (SA20354†). The entry VDB-30555 is related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: File inclusion
CWE: CWE-73
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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05/28/2006 🔍
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06/22/2025 +3754 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Mustafa Can Bjorn
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-2735 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2735
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30554
X-Force: 26857 - Activity Mod Plus for phpBB \
SecurityFocus: 18155 - PHPBB-Amod Lang_Activity.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 20354 - phpBB Activity Mod Plus Module "phpbb_root_path" File Inclusion, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 25821 - Activity Mod Plus for phpBB phpbb_root_path Parameter Remote File Inclusion
Vupen: ADV-2006-2045

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

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/22/2025 00:28
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (62), 09/11/2017 08:52 (6), 06/22/2025 00:28 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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