Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/functions_newshr.php in the News Defilante Horizontale 4.1.1 and earlier module for phpBB allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.
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
- phpBB News Defilante Horizontale 4.1.1 - Remote File Inclusion EDB-2545 · webapps · Oct 13, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 2545 exploit
- ADV-2006-4079 vdb-entry
- newsdefilante-functionsnewshr-file-include(29570) vdb-entry
- 20233 vdb-entry
- 22434 third-party-advisory
- 1749 third-party-advisory
- 20061012 news defilante horizontale <= 4.1.1 Remote File Include Vulnerability mailing-list