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phpBB < 2.0.10

Family:

CGI abuses : XSS

Category:

infos

Copyright:

This script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak

Summary:

Check for phpBB version

Version:

$Revision: 1.9 $

Cve_id:

-

Bugtraq_id:

10738, 10753, 10754, 10883

Xrefs:

OSVDB:8164

Description:

The remote host is running a version of phpBB older than 2.0.10.

phpBB contains a flaw that allows a remote cross site scripting attack.
This flaw exists because the application does not validate user-supplied
input in the 'search_author' parameter.

This version is also vulnerable to a HTTP response splitting vulnerability
which permits the injection of CRLF characters in the HTTP headers.

Solution : Upgrade to 2.0.10 or later
Risk factor : Medium