Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in Open Bulletin Board (OpenBB) 1.0.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the root_path parameter to (1) index.php and possibly (2) collector.php.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Open Bulletin Board 1.0.8 - 'ROOT_PATH' File Inclusion EDB-2341 · webapps · Sep 10, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 19937 vdb-entry
- ADV-2006-3546 vdb-entry
- openbb-index-file-include(28838) vdb-entry
- 20060910 Open Bulletin Board <= 1.0.8 (root_path) File Include Vulnerability mailing-list
- 1552 third-party-advisory