From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Tue Sep 12 2006 - 12:47:05 CDT

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TITLE:
phpBB XS "phpbb_root_path" File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21841

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21841/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
phpBB XS 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/11932/

DESCRIPTION:
AzzCoder has discovered a vulnerability in phpBB XS, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "phpbb_root_path" parameter in
includes/functions.php is not properly verified before being used to
include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from
local or remote resources.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 0.58. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
AzzCoder

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