CVE-2004-1315 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2004-1315

viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.x before 2.0.11 improperly URL decodes the...

Vulnerability Description

viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.x before 2.0.11 improperly URL decodes the highlight parameter when extracting words and phrases to highlight, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by double-encoding the highlight value so that special characters are inserted into the result, which is then processed by PHP exec, as exploited by the Santy.A worm.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

phpbb group

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Affected Software

phpbb
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.4, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.6c, 2.0.6d, 2.0.7, 2.0.7a, 2.0.8, 2.0.8a, 2.0.9, 2.0.10, 2.0_beta1, 2.0_rc1, 2.0_rc2, 2.0_rc3, 2.0_rc4

Timeline

Official Publish: December 31st, 2004
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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