MiniBB Forum multiple scripts file include
| minibb-multiple-file-include (27749) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MiniBB Forum could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the com_minibb.php script and the index.php script using the 'absolute_path' parameter to specify a malicious file from a remote system, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Jul 15 2006 - 07:47:50 CDT: MiniBB Forum <= 1.5a Remote File Include Vulnerabilities.
- miniBB Web site: miniBB - Free Forum Software Script, MySQL PHP Bulletin Board.
- BID-18998: MiniBB Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-3690: Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in MiniBB Forum 1.5a and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the absolute_path parameter to (1) components/com_minibb.php or (2) components/minibb/index.php.
- OSVDB ID: 28594: miniBB Forum com_minibb.php absolute_path Variable Remote File Inclusion
- SECTRACK ID: 1016507: miniBB Include File Bug in `absolute_path` Parameter Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Platforms Affected:
- Mamboserver miniBB component for Mambo 1.5 and prior
- Paul Puzyrev and Sergei Larionov miniBB 1.5 and prior
Reported:
Jul 15, 2006
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