phpBB admin_styles.php privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in phpBB. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file admin_styles.php. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in phpBB (Forum Software) (version now known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file admin_styles.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 06/16/2003 by Spoofed Existence (Website). The advisory is available at groups.google.ca. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:admin_styles.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 Exploit-DB (47), SecurityFocus (BID 7932†) and OSVDB (4278†). The entry VDB-81961 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Forum Software

Name

• phpBB

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.phpbb.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/16/2003 🔍
06/16/2003 +0 days 🔍
06/16/2003 +0 days 🔍
03/16/2004 +274 days 🔍
04/11/2016 +4408 days 🔍
10/02/2018 +904 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: phpbb.com

Advisory: groups.google.ca
Researcher: Spoofed Existence
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81962
SecurityFocus: 7932 - PHPBB Admin_Styles.PHP Theme_Info.CFG File Include Vulnerability
OSVDB: 4278 - phpBB admin_styles.php Arbitrary Command Execution

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

Created: 04/11/2016 16:31
Updated: 10/02/2018 08:49
Changes: 04/11/2016 16:31 (42), 10/02/2018 08:49 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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