CVE-2006-2219

Published Feb 8, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
phpBB 2.0.20 does not verify user-specified input variable types before being passed to type-dependent functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, as demonstrated by the (1) mode parameter to memberlist.php and the (2) highlight parameter to viewtopic.php that are used as an argument to the htmlspecialchars or urlencode functions, which displays the installation path in the resulting error message.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-2220 phpBB 2.0.20 does not verify user-specified input variable types before being passed to type-dependent functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, as demonstrated by the (1) mode parameter to memberlist.php and the (2) highlight parameter to viewtopic.php that are used as an argument to the htmlspecialchars or urlencode functions, which displays the installation path in the resulting error message.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 5:43 PM
Reserved
May 5, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 8, 2007, 5:28 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:24 PM