CVE-2006-7208 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in download.php in the Adam van Dongen Forum (com_forum) component (aka phpBB component) 1.2.4RC3 and earlier for Mambo allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.

Published: 2007-06-26

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 5.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adam_van_dongen:com_forum:1.2.4rc3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adam_van_dongen:phpbb_component:1.2.4rc3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-7187	PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in download.php in the Adam van Dongen Forum (com_forum) component (aka phpBB component) 1.2.4RC3 and earlier for Mambo allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05053.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/45364
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2836
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472005/100/0/threaded
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1995

History

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Subscriptions

Adam Van Dongen Com Forum Phpbb Component

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-06-26T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:57:40.976Z

Reserved: 2007-06-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-7208

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-06-26T23:30:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-7208

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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