Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in phpBB, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
phpBB "autologinid" Security Bypass
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14413
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14413/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
phpBB 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/463/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in phpBB, which can be exploited by
malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the comparison of
"sessiondata['autologinid']" and "auto_login_key". This can be
exploited to gain administrative privileges on phpBB.
An error in "viewtopic.php" allows disclosure of path information
This vulnerability affects version 2.0.12 and prior.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.0.13.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=267563
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