News Defilante Horizontale up to 4.1.1 phpbb_root_path file inclusion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in News Defilante Horizontale up to 4.1.1. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument phpbb_root_path leads to file inclusion. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-5415. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in News Defilante Horizontale up to 4.1.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. 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. The summary by CVE is:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/functions_newshr.php in the News Defilante Horizontale 4.1.1 and earlier module for phpBB allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 10/20/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-5415 since 10/19/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as functional.

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 (29570), Exploit-DB (2545), SecurityFocus (BID 20233†) and Secunia (SA22434†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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: Functional
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Timelineinfo

10/13/2006 🔍
10/18/2006 +5 days 🔍
10/19/2006 +1 days 🔍
10/20/2006 +1 days 🔍
10/20/2006 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3065 days 🔍
04/25/2026 +4062 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-5415 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5415
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32867
X-Force: 29570 - News Defilante Horizontale for phpBB functions_newshr.php file include
SecurityFocus: 20233 - PHPBB News Defilante Horizontale PHPBB_Root_Path Parameter Remote File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 22434 - phpBB News Defilante Horizontale "phpbb_root_path" File Inclusion, Highly Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-4079

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/25/2026 02:01
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (60), 09/26/2017 10:47 (1), 07/28/2024 22:05 (17), 01/15/2025 20:30 (2), 04/25/2026 02:01 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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