PunBB up to 1.2.18 code injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PunBB. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in code injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-3335. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PunBB (Forum Software). Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in PunBB before 1.2.19 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary SMTP commands via unknown vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 07/27/2008 by Stefan Esser (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-3335 since 07/27/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

Upgrading to version 1.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44010), SecurityFocus (BID 30395†) and Secunia (SA31219†). The entries VDB-43393, VDB-45402, VDB-45401 and VDB-45400 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Forum Software

Name

• PunBB

Version

• 1.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.1
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.5
• 1.2.6
• 1.2.7
• 1.2.8
• 1.2.9
• 1.2.10
• 1.2.11
• 1.2.12
• 1.2.13
• 1.2.14
• 1.2.15
• 1.2.16
• 1.2.17
• 1.2.18

License

• open-source

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