Fully Modded phpBB kb.php SQL injection

phpbb-kb-sql-injection (41192) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Fully Modded phpBB is vulnerable to SQL injection. If mode is set to article and page_num is enabled, a remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the kb.php script using the "k" parameter, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.

Platforms Affected:

  • SourceForge, Fully Modded phpBB 80220

Remedy:

No remedy available as of October 4, 2008.

Consequences:

Data Manipulation

References:

  • SourceForge.net, Fully Modded phpBB2 at http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpbbfm.
  • BID-28225: Fully Modded PHPBB2 'kb.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability
  • CVE-2008-1350: SQL injection vulnerability in kb.php in Fully Modded phpBB (phpbbfm) 80220 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the k parameter in an article action.
  • SA29339: Fully Modded phpBB "k" SQL Injection Vulnerability

Reported:

Mar 12, 2008

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