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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

Published Feb 8, 2007

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.

Affected products

Remediation

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Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 8, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 5, 2006
Link CVE-2006-2219
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2006-2219
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2006-2219