Description
phpBB 2.0.20 does not properly verify user-specified input variables used as limits to SQL queries, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a negative LIMIT specification, as demonstrated by the start parameter to memberlist.php, which reveals the SQL query in the resulting error message.
References
- phpbb-multiple-path-disclosure(26306) vdb-entry
- 20060505 phpBB 2.0.20 Full Path Disclosure and SQL Errors mailing-list
- 20060505 phpBB 2.0.20 Full Path Disclosure and SQL Errors mailing-list
- 837 third-party-advisory
- 20060508 Re: phpBB 2.0.20 Full Path Disclosure and SQL Errors mailing-list