Phpbb: A security weakness
Phpbb is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Phpbb
- Plugin slug
phpbb- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 18, 2008
This CVE was published Sep 18, 2008 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Phpbb to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The search function in phpBB 2.x provides a search_id value that leaks the state of PHP's PRNG, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information, as demonstrated by a cross-application attack against WordPress, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0632.
NVD vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N