CVE-2006-2219 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can obtain sensitive installation path information by manipulating input parameters in phpBB, exposing internal server details.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-2219?
CVE-2006-2219 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpbb Group Phpbb, published on 8 Feb 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2219?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Phpbb Group Phpbb.
How do I fix CVE-2006-2219?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2219 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-2219 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2219 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Phpbb Group Phpbb
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9fmq-2j2h-m9xp.