Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in auth.php for PhpBB 1.4.0 through 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences followed by NULL (%00) characters in CGI parameters, as demonstrated using the lang parameter in prefs.php.
References
- 6889 vdb-entry
- 20030220 phpBB Security Bugs mailing-list
- phpbb-auth-read-files(11407) vdb-entry