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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T00:46:12.359Z
Reserved: 2004-12-22T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2004-1315
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Status : Modified
Published: 2004-11-12T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2004-1315
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